It seems like from recent photographs, that dolphins have enough brains to understand to mourn a recent loss. It is a moving mourning ritual that is rarely seen and even more rarely captured on camera. Battling rough seas, a dolphin carries her baby that died on his final journey. While a boat full of tourists watched the wrenching scene, the baby dolphin slipped off the back of his mother five times while fighting the current.
But each time, the mother snatched it from the waves and continued his journey along.
The dolphin is thought to move her young child away from the coast to put her to rest in deeper water. A deep cut, about a foot long, was visible through the belly of the calf. It is possible that the baby was killed by the propeller of a boat perhaps even one of the many who take visitors on day trips.
But each time, the mother snatched it from the waves and continued his journey along.
The dolphin is thought to move her young child away from the coast to put her to rest in deeper water. A deep cut, about a foot long, was visible through the belly of the calf. It is possible that the baby was killed by the propeller of a boat perhaps even one of the many who take visitors on day trips.
