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It was on the news radio station I listen to that a dolphin in Florida got caught in a crab trap and lost it’s tail. The dolphin is only 10 months old. It survived the incident, but now can only swim side to side, like a shark. Wildlife conservationists are taking donations to raise $100,000 to buy this dolphin a new tail. It seems at her young age she will need several in her lifetime. Her name is Winter. She was injured in Mosquito Lagoon at Canaveral National Seashore.
As quoted from Flroida Today.com
“The aquarium hopes to raise at least $100,000 to pay for the tail. They hope to fashion an artificial tail for her similar to the black rubber one biologists put on a 34-year-old dolphin named Fuji in 2004 in Okinawa, Japan. That tail was made by Bridgestone Corp., using technology associated with Formula One auto racing. The tail was specially made to have the proper density and flexibility for swimming”
If you would like to read the entire article, here is the site
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060…
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