[ALL] Moko gone wild!

Andrew Stephen andrew.stephen at gmail.com
Wed Dec 9 09:29:22 CET 2009


On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 8:30 PM, Christ van Willegen
<cvwillegen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I bumped into these articles, suggesting that Moko has gone wild!
>
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6765940/Delinquent-dolphin-Moko-causes-terror-in-the-surf.html
> http://www.smh.com.au/world/has-moko-the-dolphin-flipped-20091208-khly.html

Moko has a very different meaning here in New Zealand.  The name of
the dolphin comes from a traditional Māori tattoo which shows the
wearer's rank and ancestry:

http://history-nz.org/maori3.html


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Andrew Stephen
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