Mom dolphin mourning her cub’s death
Michael McCartney was canoeing along the coastline near Florida when he saw a silver flash in the water ahead of him. It was a dolphin that seemed to cradle a small body.
At first, Michael thought that that the dolphin caught a fish for dinner, but soon a heartbreaking scene unfolded in front of him …
It took about a minute to figure out what was going on. The dolphin mom was in fact holding a dead dolphin up waters and cradling him …
Michael grabbed his camera and began filming the sad scene. Mom dolphin buried her nose in her baby, not knowing what to do from grief.
Luckily, she wasn’t alone. Her faithful dolphin friend swam next to the confused mother, trying to calm and protect her friend. And in the north of the coastal channel, other dolphins joined them
It turned out later that the dolphin was injured in a collision with a motor boat. Most likely, the baby was hooked by a propeller. Michael spent most of his life on the water, so he had already seen this. The young man was filming a video to put it online and notify people about this issue.
Michael urges everyone to be careful, because if dolphins swim fast, this does not mean that they cannot be hit by a boat. It is the dolphins that are most at risk, as they often swim to the surface.
Mike posted this video into his channel to spread awareness on this issue;
Mother #dolphin not ready to let go of her dead calf and pushing it through the intracoastal waterway.
It's hard to say for sure without examination, but the calf may have been hit by a boat. Please don't assume that because #dolphins are fast that you won't hit them. #sad pic.twitter.com/Le2MAwvPIB— See Through Canoe (@SeeThroughCanoe) June 3, 2019
