Officials issue warning as local dolphin 'Reggie' shows alarming change in behavior: 'He doesn't really know the harm he could be doing'

Officials issue warning as local dolphin 'Reggie' shows alarming change in behavior: 'He doesn't really know the harm he could be doing'

Reggie, a dolphin that gained fame for engaging with swimmers on multiple recent occasions off England's south coast, was "not asking for belly rubs" but also "not trying to drown people," according to an expert quoted by the Guardian. Instead, the incidents were viewed as troubling animal behavior changes spurred on by human interaction. What happened? In August, reports surfaced about increasingly close encounters between the solitary male bot…