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Dolphin Rescue
On 13 April 2008, around 6:30am, a Spinner
Dolphin was found beached on Lankayan. The
dolphin was injured and had many scratches on its
dorsal fin, pectoral flipper, melon (rounded
structure on the top of the head) and at the tip of it
rostrum (snout). We tried to help and pull it into
deeper water but it kept coming back and refused to
swim. We used a canvas to move the dolphin inside
the tank while we tried asking for help. We called a
vet at Sepilok (Dr. Sen) and he asked us to keep the
sea water in the dolphin tank deep enough for it to
float so as to avoid its body weight from crushing
its lungs and internal organs. As the dolphin could
not float by itself, we kept holding the dolphin up
so that it could breathe. About 4 hours after, the
dolphin seemed to be feeling better as it was able to
float and move itself. We decided to put it back in
the sea. At first it just swam around us in circles and
went back to shore. Then we pulled it to deeper
water and it kept swimming further heading toward
north. We followed her by small boat for 30 minutes
until she took off and disappeared into the deep.
We saved a dolphin!
Dolphin was found beached on Lankayan. The
dolphin was injured and had many scratches on its
dorsal fin, pectoral flipper, melon (rounded
structure on the top of the head) and at the tip of it
rostrum (snout). We tried to help and pull it into
deeper water but it kept coming back and refused to
swim. We used a canvas to move the dolphin inside
the tank while we tried asking for help. We called a
vet at Sepilok (Dr. Sen) and he asked us to keep the
sea water in the dolphin tank deep enough for it to
float so as to avoid its body weight from crushing
its lungs and internal organs. As the dolphin could
not float by itself, we kept holding the dolphin up
so that it could breathe. About 4 hours after, the
dolphin seemed to be feeling better as it was able to
float and move itself. We decided to put it back in
the sea. At first it just swam around us in circles and
went back to shore. Then we pulled it to deeper
water and it kept swimming further heading toward
north. We followed her by small boat for 30 minutes
until she took off and disappeared into the deep.
We saved a dolphin!
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