Lester

Lester is a 41-year-old Atlantic bottlenose dolphin living at Discovery Cove. Lester was captured in Texas on December 15, 1972, and he was sent straight to SeaWorld San Diego. In 1993, Lester was sent to SeaWorld Orlando. He impregnated Shannon and Tanya while there, resulting in the births of Shalest and Tyler in 1994. In 1995, Lester continued to breed despite Ralph's extreme dominance, resulting in the birth of Hutch to Starkey in 1996. Lester had another calf in 1997 to Louise, Clipper. In 1997, Ralph was sent away after Lester had impregnated Nova and Lily. Bossa and Calli were born in 1998. Jade was born in 1999, along with Kiwi. Lester move between Busch Gardens and SeaWorld Orlando, performing at Busch Gardens from May 6, 1997 to September 11, October 3, 1997 to April 21, 1998, January 12, 1999 to January 10, 2000, and February 15, 2000 to April 26, 2000. On April 26, 2000, Lester was sent to Discovery Cove, where he began siring calves in 2002, while Capricorn, Hutch, and Akai would follow later. On January 8, 2002, Naia was born to Scarlet and Lester. Neo was born on the 30th. In 2004, Dexter was born to Dixie. In 2004, Lester stopped breeding for unknown reasons, but he sired Schooner to his daughter, Clipper, in 2007. Luna was born later that year to Marea. In 2009, Brigg was born to Clipper. Kyla was born to Copper in 2009, followed by Roka to Yar in that same year. Finally, in 2013, Lester sired Finn to Kendall, an inbred female at the park.

Family Members

 * Parents
 * Wild
 * Calves
 * Shalest
 * Tyler
 * Hutch
 * Clipper
 * Bossa
 * Calli
 * Jade
 * Kiwi
 * Naia
 * Neo
 * Dexter
 * Schooner
 * Luna (bottlenose dolphin)
 * Brigg
 * Kyla
 * Roka
 * Finn
 * Grandchildren
 * Calli's 2004 stillborn
 * Calypso
 * Kaylee
 * Unidentified 2006 calf, to Shalest, Bossa, or Kiwi
 * Schooner
 * Foster
 * Calli's 2008 stillborn
 * Brigg
 * Rhett
 * Jade's 2010 stillborn
 * Axel
 * Haley
 * Cocoa II
 * Bimini
 * Calli's 2013 stillborn
 * Bossa's 2014 stillborn
 * Calli's 2015 stillborn

Breed and Gender

 * Breed
 * 100% Atlantic
 * Gender
 * Male