I had a young girl onboard last week who asked if I knew who the oldest living bottlenose dolphin was. I responded that our local dolphins can live to be 50-60
For the past 15 months Lucky, Tapeko, Allie, Kai, Spree, Noelani and Allison were at Minnesota Zoo being cared for by Brookfield Zoo’s marine mammal team.
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The Sarasota Dolphin Research Program has led two dolphin rescues in just over two months. The program is run by the Chicago Zoological Society, which operates Brookfield Zoo.
Navy scientists in Point Loma, in collaboration with other researchers, are delving into geriatric marine mammal medicine, which could pay dividends not only for the Navy's animals but also for wild ones, and perhaps even for people.