Winter is the first dolphin capable of swimming with an artificial tail. This cute creature lives at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, a special nonprofit animal rescue center.
Winter is a handicapped dolphin since its childhood. She was found as a frail, dehydrated 3-month-old fish in December 2005. She was tangled in the buoy line of a crab trap. There was a bad trauma in her tail, the whole team of the center tried their best to save her tail, but they failed.
It took scientists and doctors more than 4 years to create an artificial tail for the dolphin. But their attempts were successful and right now Winter is learning how to swim with a new tail.
nice blog… loved it!
Just a little correction, dolphins aren’t fish they are mammals.
Keep up with the good work
Dolphin’s are not fish, they are air breathing mammal’s just like we Human’s are. They, like all of the animal’s of the Earth richly deserve our love and respect. Human’s should remember that what what we do to the other creature’s on this Earth could very well come back to haunt us in very undesirable way’s. As goes the other creature’s of this Earth will be the fate of the Human species as well.
Dolphins aren’t fish…