Posted on 09/13/2005 5:31:07 PM PDT by Vermonter
8 BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS FOUND OFF GULFPORT Tue Sep 13 2005 19:59:07 ET
Eight bottlenose dolphins that were washed out of their Mississippi aquarium pool during Hurricane Katrina have been found alive, huddled together in the fetid waters off Gulfport, Miss, the BOSTON GLOBE will report on Wednesday.
Now, deeply worried about the dolphins' chances of survival, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials and aquarium biologists are racing to rescue the weak and wounded animals - some of which have never before ventured into the wild.
"These animals found us, they came back after Katrina ... they came home," said Moby Solangi, president of the Marine Life Oceanarium in Gulfport. "All eight are together. It's the most wonderful news."
Established in 1956, the facility suffered catastrophic damage in the storm. Along with the dolphins, 19 sea lions were swept out of their pools when a giant storm surge engulfed the Oceanarium. Five of them are still missing.
Developing...
Headline: Bush hates Dolphins. Dolphins close to death due to FEMA slow response.
BUSH HATES BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS
HA! Great minds!
We've been on this site too long...
If we weren't at war with Iraq they'd have found them earlier....
oh....no more sarcasm.........
I find this interesting: they stuck together when trouble hit. No looting.
Darn, there I go again.
I believe the posts on this thread will get worse..I'm bookmarking it.
but Teddy Kennedy loves bottlenose dolphins!
Your remarks sound fishy to me...
can we call Kennedy a bottlenose senator?
"Mom! The tuna doesn't taste as good as it used to!"
I met this guy about 20 years ago, quite a character. He was still running this big place in Gulfport at the big docks, and renting his show to theme parks across the country.
They only showed up after Mike Brown was fired....
LOL!
That makes me smile. And they found 14 of the Sea Lions as well. Good news, indeed.
Those poor dolphins would die of fright if they saw the land whale, Kennedy.
fetid = smelly, stinking, offensive odor, rank, etc.
Following storms and such, does the Gulf of Mexico, shrimp and fishing boats excluded, collect and pool smelly, stinky waters?
They've survived for two weeks in the wild. Why not just let them stay there?
Appropriate name for a marine biologist. Is his middle name "Richard"? ;^)
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