Friday, November 19, 2004

Disabled dolphin jumping again with world's first artificial fin

In the "Awwww...." Department (Yes, I'm a sucker for animals):

Yahoo! News - Disabled dolphin jumping again with world's first artificial fin: "Fuji, a mother dolphin that lost 75 percent of her tail due to a mysterious disease, is jumping once again with the help of what is believed to be the world's first artificial fin.

The 34-year-old dolphin held at Japan's largest aquarium in the southern island of Okinawa wears the rubber fin for about 20 minutes a day allowing her to jump and to swim at the same speed of other dolphins."

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