On December 10, 2005 a 2 month old dolphin was found off the coast
of Mosquito Lagoon trapped in a crab trap. Jim Savage , a fisherman, found the
dolphin and decided to free it. After he freed the dolphin he called Fish And
Wildlife Conservation Commission. The rescue party came and took her back to
the center. Since the dolphin was found in the season of winter, they decided
to call her Winter. Winter was placed in a holding tank. But the unfortunate
dolphin lost her tail because of the rope that was wrapped around Winter's tail
when she got trapped. All that was left was a stump. So
Winter worked in her new condition by moving the stump from side to side ( a dolphin's
tail usually moves up and down ). Although this method of swimming may be
useful for the dolphin, it prevented her muscles from growing properly. A
prosthetic limb maker, Kevin Carrol decided to help Winter by making a
prosthetic tail. When the tail was completed they put it on Winter. Winter had
to be retrained to swim the correct way as dolphins should swim. However,
Winter can only wear her new tail for a hour or less each day because if she
wears it too long, it will damage her skin. Today, Winter is very healthy and
happy at Clearwater Marine Aquarium at Florida.
The movie, 'Dolphin
Tale' is inspired by Winter's story and the real winter plays herself in it. I
really like movies based on true stories. Because of this movie, I get to
know about Winter's fight for survival visually. What I like the most about
Winter is she didn't relinquish the fight. It was really hard for everyone as
nobody was certain about her fate. But there was a miracle and Winter's story
has a happy ending. After all,we do love happy endings, don't we ?
You can meet
Winter HERE.
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