Japanese Dolphin now has Prosthetic Tail

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	Japanese Dolphin now has Prosthetic Tail

pumpkinismine

3-2-2007 12:11 PM

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3-2-2007 12:13 PM

leksi

Aw yay!

I fckn love dolphins.

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TOKYO, March 2 (Reuters Life!) - A Japanese dolphin is
squealing with delight after receiving a prosthetic tail to
replace one amputated due to a skin disease.
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070302/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_japan_dolphin"><P>Fuji's handlers at the Churaumi Aquarium in Japan's
southern most island of Okinawa say the fake tail may have
saved her life as she had put on dangerous amounts of weight
from being inactive after she lost her tail.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070302/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_japan_dolphin"><P>The tail was custom made for Fuji by a friend of the
handler who works at Japan's leading tyre company Bridgestone.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070302/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_japan_dolphin"><P>The rubber prosthetic device is slightly smaller than the
tail of a dolphin of Fuji's size. It is made of material used
for Formula One race car tyres and the black silicon rubber was
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