When the members of the crew saw the dolphin bobbing up and down in front of the ship, they wanted to kill him, but the captain's wife talked them out of it. Pelorus Jack was first seen around 1888 when it appeared in front of the schooner Brindle when the ship approached French Pass, a channel located between D'Urville Island and the South Island. However, some local residents familiar with his habits claim that he never went through French Pass itself but stayed near the Chetwode Islands.
If the crew could not see Jack at first, they often waited for him to appear.ĭespite his name, he did not live in nearby Pelorus Sound instead, he would often guide ships through dangerous passages of French Pass. Pelorus Jack guided the ships by swimming alongside a water craft for 20 minutes at a time.
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