15 September 2005
Operation Dolphin
Another interesting element of the story:
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Found this while on the NOAA site looking for weather info. Elite NOAA special forces will be conducting a dangerous dolphin rescue mission from the Mississippi Sound. How'd they get there?
The eight bottlenose dolphins were swept out of an aquarium tank by an estimated 40-foot wave during Hurricane Katrina.
Wow. Read the full article here.
Another interesting element of the story:
Because these dolphins are from a captive facility, they do not forage for food or necessarily have the survival skills necessary to avoid predators or boat traffic. Marine Life Aquarium trainers and NOAA Fisheries Service biologists have been feeding the dolphins several times a day from a NOAA vessel.
Reminds me of certain humans.
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