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Florida Dolphin needs donations to get prosthetic tail
By M&C News Sep 7, 2006, 19:56 GMT
Dolphins are so cool! EPA/KOEN SUYK
CLEARWATER, Fla. – Local tv affiliate channel 6 reports a dolphin that lost her tail near Cape Canaveral may be getting a new artificial one.
Winter, a 10-month-old bottlenose dolphin, was found in December and is now being cared for at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium.
Officials there hope to raise enough money to help pay for a rare operation so Winter can receive an artificial tail. The estimate is near $100,000.
Winter the dolphin has learned to swim and play without her tail that she lost in crab trap line. Instead of swimming up and down like a regular dolphin, she is swimming from side to side like a shark.
A Japanese dolphin was given a successful artificial tail prosthesis in 2004.
To help the dolphin, you can contact Clearwater Marine Aquarium direct at Telephone: (727) 441-1790
Address: 249 Windward Passage, Clearwater, Florida U.S.A. 33767
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