Read abt this in Readers’ Digest so I went and look for it. It was abt a dolphin who lost her tail, and thy put on an artificial for her as she uses her body to move just lik a worm which will spoilt all her inner organ.
At the Clearwater Marine Aquarium,lives an inspirational young Atlantic bottlenose dolphin names Winter. Nearly 5 yrs ago, on a wintry day, a three month old dolphin bcame entangled in a crab trap line,and she was drowning. A fisherman, Jim Savage came to her rescue,cut her free and, with the hlp of several other ppl managed to steer her to shallow water where thy rescued her. The bottom of her tail had been severely damaged. None of her rescuers on tat desperate day cld begin to imagine the impact tis tiny orphan wld have on so many ppl the world over.
She was immediately taken to the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, which is an animal rescue and rehab center.Over there she underwent a many hour surgery on her tail after the bottom act fell off.Although the team of surgeons saved her life, Winter was now an almost tailless dolphin. Oh Lord,Tat's too bad~how can a dolphin swim w/o its tail??She swim awkwardly, but the veterinarians knew she wld hav spine issues if she cld not swim properly.
A company of expert prosthesis makers offered to assist Winter, and a prosthetic tail was devised--all free of charge.The little dolphin adjusted to it quickly. She cld swim normally while wearing it, and she actually began to jump out of the water as dolphins do! As she grew, new tails were fashioned to accommodate her size.Although she does not wear the tail all the time, she exercises with it, and normalcy is hers,if only for a time.
There’s a slightly differences between d movie and d real story~In that movie,winter was saved by the little boy while d real story was a fisherman~ and that African little girl was x born like tis,she was a normal child since young till d WAR~and den she lost her both leg in d WAR~and d lady in d movie was not her mum,it was her Doctor~
Winter has bcome an inspiration for ppl worldwide. Along with other visitors, children and adults with prosthetic limbs visit the aquarium to see the brave little dolphin who greets as many as she can wif a wet dolphin kiss!!! >.<
She was immediately taken to the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, which is an animal rescue and rehab center.Over there she underwent a many hour surgery on her tail after the bottom act fell off.Although the team of surgeons saved her life, Winter was now an almost tailless dolphin. Oh Lord,Tat's too bad~how can a dolphin swim w/o its tail??She swim awkwardly, but the veterinarians knew she wld hav spine issues if she cld not swim properly.
A company of expert prosthesis makers offered to assist Winter, and a prosthetic tail was devised--all free of charge.The little dolphin adjusted to it quickly. She cld swim normally while wearing it, and she actually began to jump out of the water as dolphins do! As she grew, new tails were fashioned to accommodate her size.Although she does not wear the tail all the time, she exercises with it, and normalcy is hers,if only for a time.
There’s a slightly differences between d movie and d real story~In that movie,winter was saved by the little boy while d real story was a fisherman~ and that African little girl was x born like tis,she was a normal child since young till d WAR~and den she lost her both leg in d WAR~and d lady in d movie was not her mum,it was her Doctor~
Winter has bcome an inspiration for ppl worldwide. Along with other visitors, children and adults with prosthetic limbs visit the aquarium to see the brave little dolphin who greets as many as she can wif a wet dolphin kiss!!! >.<
| winter w/o her tail~ |
| Winter's artificial tail~ |
wanna see more abt Winter, videos abt her,pic of Winter and d centre???(ooh ya,u can ply a visit to there too)u may log on toseewinter.com
