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Baby Dolphin Rescued From Rice Paddy

Man pulls animal out, drives it to sea

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 23, 2011 1:37 PM CDT

(Newser) – A baby dolphin trapped in a flooded rice paddy after Japan’s tsunami has been returned to the sea, Reuters reports. "A man passing by said he had found the dolphin in the rice paddy and that we had to do something to save it," says a pet store owner who’s been saving animals since the disaster. He couldn’t net the 4-foot-long creature, so he carried it out in his arms, wrapped it in wet towels, then drove it a mile to the ocean.

Once in the water, he says it seemed energized: “I don't know if it will live, but it's certainly a lot better than dying in a rice paddy."

A pet shop owner saved a baby dolphin stuck in a rice paddy.
A pet shop owner saved a baby dolphin stuck in a rice paddy.   (Shutterstock)
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justapirate
Mar 24, 2011 8:52 AM CDT
Well, this is a cute story... but in the end, the poor baby is going to die anyway. It won't be able to fend for itself in the wild. The guy would have been better off selling it to Seaworld or something like that.
OrangeSyndicate
Mar 23, 2011 7:22 PM CDT
Meanwhile, in Taiji...
DrZaius007
Mar 23, 2011 2:15 PM CDT
I am calling BS on this story. There is no way that dolphin was not served at a restaurant.

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