The photo sparked outrage.
, two marine biologists said it is hard to determine if the dolphin was alive when the photo was taken just by looking at the image. However, if the dolphin was dead, they said it wouldn’t have been for long.reports that a one-year-old male dolphin calf was found dead on Wednesday in the same area that the photo was taken, according to a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission report shared with Dr. Quincy Gibson.
Gibson is with the University of North Florida’s Dolphin Research Program and she is usually informed by Florida wildlife investigators when a dead dolphin is discovered. Gibson says FWC investigators believe the dead dolphin calf is the same one seen being hoisted above the water in the photo posted online. She says that the dolphin in the photo appears to be the same one due to the similarity between the dorsal fins. Each dolphin’s dorsal fin is unique.
“I think it’s highly likely that it died after but there is a very small chance that it was deceased recently when they picked it up in the water, but based on the reports that I’ve heard, and the photo, and the way that the people are behaving in the photo, it makes it seem like they did catch it and it was potentially alive at that point,” Gibson tellsIt’s against the Federal Marina Mammal Protection Act to interfere with dolphins, even if they’re dead.
Removing a dolphin from the water can cause it to suffer fatal injuries. Experts said removing dolphins from the buoyancy of the water can result in them being crushed by the weight of their own bodies.
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