Dolphins' Distress
Dolphins in distress
Whatever is deforming and killing the mammals may also imperil humans.
Kevin Spear | Sentinel Staff WriterPosted November 26, 2006
PORT ST. JOE -- The two young dolphins were cruising in nearly still waters 100 yards from a spit of Panhandle beach when they became targets.
A boat captain banked his vessel and sped toward the animals. Within seconds, he cast off a quarter-mile of netting, trapping the animals inside a corral of nylon web.
As the net reeled them in closer, their future was set.
They would become the newest investigators in some of the world's most important dolphin research. Scientists are relying on these two animals, as well as hundreds of others, to help answer why Florida's bottlenose dolphins are dying at a startlingly high rate and plagued by disfiguring illnesses. Whether the two captives live or die will provide vital clues.
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