The divemasters on Cayman Brac think that Spot was one of those dolphins. That makes sense. Those dolphins would have been used to people, and might have grown to want contact with humans, especially if they had been captured when they were very young. That may be why Spot, now a wild dolphin, seeks the company of humans in the water. If that is where Spot came from, he would have had to swim nearly 400 miles.
Dolphins can swim that far.
The second picture shows Tessa Dowell touching Spot. Spot would sometimes close his eyes and roll over on his back when you touched him, especially if you scratched under his chin. Spot s skin was smooth, soft, and rubbery. Spot likes to have fun. We watched him racing with our boat, swimming just under the surface near the bow.