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Dolphin Jumps Again with Artificial Fin

Posted by michael on from the laser-not-included dept.

Ant writes "This Yahoo! News story mentions Fuji, a mother dolphin that lost 75 percent of her tail due to a mysterious disease, being able to jump again with the help of what is believed to be the world's first artificial fin. The 34-year-old dolphin held at Japan's largest aquarium in the southern island of Okinawa wears the rubber fin for about 20 minutes a day allowing her to jump and to swim at the same speed of other dolphins."

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  1. Re:Artifical foot? by Lumpy · · Score: 4, Informative

    every year there are a few people with artificial legs at the boston marathon.

    and these people can run faster than the typical human. but not fast enough to win, some really thin guy from kenya always does that.

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  2. More Photos from the Aquarium Pages by Tuqui · · Score: 5, Informative

    There are more photos in the page of the Aquarium (in Japanese) Chura Umi Aquarium