Fungie the dolphin injured by 'propellor blade'
Spotted yesterday, photos show the bottlenose dolphin has a deep wound on his side while a scratch goes over the side of the dorsal fin.
A Facebook page devoted to the dolphin and his welfare, Fungie Forever, posted the images of the injury saying that "while it looks deep, wide and red but we have seen deeper wounds on other dolphins that healed quite well".
In a post on Facebook, they said they will continue to keep an eye on him:
"At first Fungie seemed to be quiet and stayed under water but after as while he started to play spontaneous and jump over and over and over... We tried to leave him in peace, give him some rest but he started to jump again and again."
They also say that while they are "gutted", they expect him to make a full recovery - last year, he sustained an injury to his chin which has healed within weeks.
It is unknown how exactly the injury was sustained - Fungie is said to be well used to the local boats, he is sometimes attracted to visitors to the harbour.
The bottlenose dolphin was first spotted in Dingle Harbour in 1983 and local fishermen named him Fungie.
Bottlenose dolphins can live for over 40 years.
