Stranded Dolphins 'Doing Great' After Rescue in Cape Cod
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- Stranded Dolphins 'Doing Great' After Rescue in Cape Cod
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) said on May 22 that satellite tracking showed seven dolphins rescued after getting beached at low tide in Cape Cod were “doing great” after their release back to sea.
Dozens of people, including IFAW staff, trained volunteers, and AmeriCorps members, stepped in to help the seven Atlantic white-sided dolphins in Wellfleet on May 18, the IFAW said.
Footage released by the organization shows the dolphins wrapped in cooling blankets, and being transported across a beach.
After the rescue operation, the dolphins were released in three rounds back to deep waters off Provincetown, according to the IFAW.
“Our team faced the increased difficulty of rising waters, but we know from experience that it’s not an option to leave the dolphins in this area, because they often get caught in a repetitive cycle of tides and restrand,” said animal rescue officer Misty Niemeyer.
The IFAW said the dolphins were most likely sub-adult males, which travel separately from females and calves.
Credit: Andrea Spence/IFAW via Storyful
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Thanks guys, you're doing a great job.
Such smart animals
Good job but more water on the skin would be better. And hold them til it kicks off. They are smart and know your helping them.
I’m so confused? How are they even still alive outside of the water?
Growing up, I was confused too for long until I learnt more. Dolphins are mammals and breathe through lungs and not gills like fish but they are adapted to be in water and hence the need to be kept hydrated and basically returned to their world sooner than later otherwise they'll pass away due to various reasons and least of which is breathing.
See the blowhole on its head? That's how they breath.
You can see the animals skin has dehydrated through lack of moisture when it could hardly swim after being returned to the water. Sad to see those Dolphins left out in the sun without anyone watering them but perhaps these people have no idea on what is required to keep them alive.
Ya, someone should have been pouring water over them!
I live on Cape Cod and those people are IFAW. They rescue and release the many injured/beached marine mammals (and often sea turtles as well) that we have on our beaches. They know far more than you do about keeping dolphins alive. Also, you don’t need to capitalize the “d” in dolphin.
@@johnorsomeone4609 O.k.I admire people helping a stricken animal but at least Do it right, I've seen many dolphin and orca rescues and always water was kept up to their skin, never allowed to dry out.
Ya two constructive critiques may be to keep them wetter (though they may have dried out before they arrived) though it looked like the water line was quite far away, fetching it would have been a task. (Maybe mud would have worked?) Another thing would be to wait with the dolphin in the shallows until it swims away instead of launching it half dead into the water. But here too it could be for safety reasons or because they had to all get back to rescue the others. It’s difficult to know what is happening. No video of the dolphin fully recovered. Any way you look at it however the team did a great job w/ the rescue! Thanks IFAW!
@@michaelnice93 Yes they could have kept the towels wet by just immersing them in the puddles nearby and laying them over the skin.