Bibong, a male Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin and believed to be 23 years old, is transported into a pen in the sea off Seogwipo on South Korea's largest island of Jeju on Aug. 4, 2022, as a step toward releasing him into the wild.
Bibong had been kept in a marine mammal park in Jeju since being illegally caught in waters off the island in 2005.
The bottlenose dolphin, which is currently known to be living in the coastal waters of Jeju Island, is famous for its frequent mention of whales by the autistic genius lawyer Woo Young-woo, who is particularly fond of whales in the recently popular ENA Wednesday-Thursday drama "Extraordinary Attorney Woo." (Yonhap)
Photos by Baek Na-yong
[Baek Na-yong, who took these pictures, is a reporter at Yonhap News Agency's Jeju News Headquarters]
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