Fuji, the Japanese female dolphin that suffered a life-threatening disease which caused her tail fin to rot, received the world’s first artificial fin. Thanks to the new prosthetic creation, Fuji is now able to lead a normal life.
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A dolphin playing in a tank at Theater of the Sea surfaced with several items, including one that looked like a homemade bomb! The dolphin’s toy scared spectators so much that it prompted officials to call 911. The toy in question was a softball-sized glass jar containing a black substance and covered by a white substance. Authorities said about 15 people, mostly employees, evacuated the facility around 11 a.m. while the sheriff’s bomb squad investigated. Um, I guess they figured the paying customers could just blow up.
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Tara Reid found some time in her busy partying schedule to swim with some poor, innocent dolphins at Sea World, Australia.
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A group of dolphins suddenly raced to shore and beached themselves en-mass at Pukehina, NZ on Saturday morning. Within a few minutes, about 30 people were in the water helping with the rescue. Eventually, most of the frantic dolphins had been calmed down and turned around and were swimming back to sea but one of them had a big chunk bitten out of its tail. A marauding great white shark is the prime suspect for the chaos.
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A pod of dolphins nearly drowned an intoxicated man in the Black Sea on Wednesday. The liquored up Ukrainian man had decided to jump into the freezing water thinking it’d be good for his health. Bad idea. Some rowdy dolphins came along and tried to push the man out to sea. Luckily, a couple of patrolling emergency workers happened to hear the man screaming for help and saved him.
ICYDY: It’s common for people in the former Soviet Union to drink a shot of vodka immediately after bathing, however, intoxication while swimming is frowned on.
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A woman who suffered face, chest and neck injuries after being crushed when a bottlenose dolphin leapt out of the water and on to her boat also had 2 heart attacks on the way to the hospital! That must’ve been some serious trauma! Kelly James, 27, is still listed as in critical but stable condition. A second woman on the boat was also flung through the windscreen and canopy. She suffered minor cuts and bruises. The dolphin rolled off the boat and swam away.
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Jumbo, the beloved dolphin said to have the world’s longest breeding record has died after spending 36 years at an aquarium in Japan. Jumbo arrived at the aquarium in 1970 and marked her 36th anniversary there on Dec. 15. The dolphin had been in bad shape since early December. Jumbo was believed to be 40 years old. In September 1996, she broke a previous breeding record of 25 years and nine months set by another dolphin at Sea Life Park in Hawaii.
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Mr Bao, the world’s tallest man, has saved two dolphins by using his long arms to reach into their stomachs and pull out dangerous plastic shards. Bao was called in after the dolphins swallowed some plastic that was being used around their pool at an aquarium in China.
Thanks Kenny
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Japanese researchers said Sunday that a bottlenose dolphin captured last month has an extra set of fins that could be the remains of hind legs… Fishermen captured the four-finned dolphin alive off the coast of Wakayama on Oct. 28. Fossil remains show dolphins and whales were four-footed land animals about 50 million years ago and share the same common ancestor as hippos and deer. Scientists believe they later transitioned to an aquatic lifestyle and their hind limbs disappeared.
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Dozens of bottle-nosed dolphins have died after beaching themselves on a remote Mozambique coastline, mystifying environmentalists who say mass beachings are very rare in the area. Witnesses said 47 dolphins came onshore on Bazaruto Island off mainland Mozambique early on Saturday. Rescuers managed to return six of them to the water. Scientists have no idea why they did it.
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