Humpback is the star of the sea

EVERY animal group has its celebrity species.

The robin is our favourite bird, the salmon is the most perfectly-shaped fish and the lion has been crowned ‘king of beasts’.

The bottle-nose dolphin, the species to which Fungie belongs, is an iconic, toothed whale. Playful, intelligent and curious, bottle-noses press the right public-relations buttons. The great whales, which use sieves rather than teeth to hunt, are less cuddly, but they too have their superstar. The baleen species that draws the crowds is the humpback, a master performer on the maritime ‘stage’ and on TV.