Crunch

Crunch is a 39-year-old Atlantic bottlenose dolphin living at SeaWorld San Diego. He was captured in Florida by Point Defiance Zoo on April 16, 1982. The next day, he was sent to Point Defiance Zoo. On October 27, 1983, Point Defiance Zoo's bottlenose dolphin exhibit fell apart, and Crunch had to be sent to Marineland of the Pacific. On February 10, 1987, he and the rest of Marineland's dolphins were sent to SeaWorld San Diego when it bought the park. Crunch began siring calves at Dolphin Stadium in 1990, when Bubba was born to Sandy II on April 4. In 1991, Athena gave birth to Purina on April 13. On November 27, 1992, Peanut was born to Sabrina and Crunch. Griffith was born to Melanie on August 1, 1996. Jones was born on October 19, 1998 to Gracie. In 1998 or 1999, Crunch retired from performing at Dolphin Stadium. Crunch began siring calves at Dolphin Point when Cometta gave birth to Corona on August 12, 2000. Scarback gave birth to Pacino on October 13, 2000. On September 3, 2002, Penny gave birth to a calf that died soon afterwards. He sired Venus to Cometta on July 14, 2004. Beaker had a calf on July 24, 2004, but it soon died. Then on August 15, 2004, Malibu had a stillborn calf to Crunch. On November 17, 2005, to make up for Beaker's lost calf, she gave birth to Captain, also sired by Crunch. On November 28, 2008, Cocoa was born to Tobie via artificial insemination, since Crunch was not mating with females anymore. On July 9, 2008, Cascade gave birth to a calf that died later that day. The calf was probably conceived through artificial insemination, but nothing was confirmed. On July 14, 2008, Dottie gave birth to Cortez via artificial insemination, with Crunch as the father. Avalon was his last calf to be sired via artificial insemination. He sired two more calves naturally - Montenegro to Cascade on September 5, 2009, and Constance to Cometta on August 23, 2011. After 2010, Deke matured. Crunch and Deke competed to sire calves, though Deke is believed to be the sire of the three calves born after Constance (Ripley's miscarriages in 2011 and 2012 and Lanikai). Deke moved from Dolphin Point in 2014, and Crunch is now the only adult male at the exhibit, making him the dominant breeding male.

Family Members

 * Parents
 * Wild
 * Calves
 * Bubba
 * Purina
 * Peanut
 * Griffith
 * Jones
 * Corona
 * Pacino
 * Penny's 2002 calf
 * Venus
 * Beaker's 2004 calf
 * Malibu's 2004 stillborn
 * Captain
 * Cocoa
 * Cascade's 2008 calf
 * Cortez
 * Avalon
 * Montenegro
 * Constance
 * Grandchildren
 * Charlie
 * Scott
 * Gala
 * Gus
 * Gertrude
 * Atocha

Breed and Gender

 * Breed
 * 100% Atlantic
 * Gender
 * Male