THE HAMMOCK
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REAL ESTATE 7 AUGUST 2019
VOLUME 4, NO. 1
Beachwalk gets second look from county
Listen up!
New management at Marineland
Development to return to agenda PAGE 4 INSIDE Q+A: SINGERSONGWRITER
Hear Will Slygo on his new music. PAGE 5
HAMMOCK SURFER
Teen earns spot on USA Junior Developmental Surf Team. PAGE 3
WALTZ TOURS BEACH ZONE
U.S. Rep. Mike Waltz tours the Coastal Storm Risk Management Project. PAGE 2
Photo by Paige Wilson
Trainer Julia Heald and Casique communicate during a dolphin program at Marineland on Friday, Aug. 2.
Marineland Dolphin Adventure reduces prices. Plus, a look at the trainer life.
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his summer, Marineland Dolphin Adventure changed hands with the sale of the facility from the Georgia Aquarium to Dolphin Discovery. But Julie Wendt, assistant supervisor of animal training, said the highquality care has stayed the same for the marine life there. “We still give the animals topnotch quality care as far as diet, habitat, learning opportunities, social health (and) emotional health,” she said. Wendt said that more faces have come to the marine life facility this summer after the change in management, due to a decrease in admission prices, new marketing tactics, new elements in dolphin
shows and height restrictions for dolphin programs (instead of age). “We got some new resources for some new dolphin toys; that’s really exciting for us,” Wendt said. “That just adds to the quality of care. Enrichment is really important.” Enrichment is the practice of introducing new learning opportunities for the dolphins through interactions with bought or homemade toys and devices, all meant to stimulate the dolphins’ brain and replicate playful tendencies dolphins would have in the wild. “What we like to encourage is natural behavior, so if they’re out in the natural environment, what are they going to do? Knock SEE MARINELAND PAGE 6
Bri Carberry, of Palm Coast, bonds with ’Oli by tossing ice in his mouth.