[Beso]

Originally Posted by Jake.

but passing around a dead animal for pictures isn't?

it's tasteless at the most.

[Samm]

Originally Posted by Jake.

but passing around a dead animal for pictures isn't?

this lol

[Glenn.]

Messy

[Beso]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Unless you know more to the story than this article states, it wasn't... A man plucked it out of the shallow water near the shore and several people took pictures with it alive.

https://www.rt.com/news/332944-selfi...-dolphin-dead/

Looks dead.to me.

[Cherie]

It does put a different spin on it IF the dolphin was already dead, poor taste but no crime committed, I'm not watching the video to ascertain this though

[Beso]

Originally Posted by Cherie

It does put a different spin on it IF the dolphin was already dead, poor taste but no crime committed, I'm not watching the video to ascertain this though

It was one of many washed up on this and other nearby beaches.

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by lostalex

okay, yea, you. himself. 24? really? and you never learned about sea mammals? what did you think the blow hole was for?

i'm sorry for this late comment


alright, yeah i had this at school at biology, probably not very good paying attention to it i guess


but thanks for the reminder of the blow hole, now i understand it completely

[Ammi]

..the baby dolphin was alive when it was removed from the water...it did seem to be removed with some care but not only was it vulnerable because it was a baby, it was also a Franciscana dolphin, which are a diminishing species...with only around 30,000 left in the world...

..a statement from the Argentine Wildlife Foundation, who would know how the baby dolphin died and that it died out of the water/as a result of being taken out..and a public reminder in hope that no one would think to do it again...the pics that I've seen of how extremely quickly it's skin and body burned in the sun with how it was left are really quite grim...and it froze/didn't thrash about because, with being separated from it's mum as well as taken out of the water, I would think that maybe it went into shock...



"The Franciscana, like other species, cannot remain for much time outside of the water, it has thick fatty skin which gives it heat and means that taking it out of the water rapidly causes it to dehydrate and die," it said in a statement.

"This occasion serves to inform the public about the urgent necessity to return these dolphins to the sea as soon as possible if they find them on the shore.

"It is fundamental that people help to rescue these animals, because every Franciscana counts now."

[Beso]

all news outlets are now reporting the dolphin was dead and was one of many washed up that day.

[Ammi]

..I guess all news outlets know more about species of dolphins than marine experts do and the causes of death, we'll see if they report differently to what they already have...

[Lostie!]

Even if the dolphin was already dead, that doesn't make this spectacle any less unsavoury. Either way it's an example of the complete lack of respect for animals some people have.

[Beso]

Originally Posted by Ammi

..I guess all news outlets know more about species of dolphins than marine experts do and the causes of death, we'll see if they report differently to what they already have...

or eyewitnesses know more than absentees.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by parmnion

or eyewitnesses know more than absentees.

...well the Argentine Wildlife Trust has confirmed that it's death was a direct result of having been taken out of the water, the Wildlife Trust's involvement is because of the vulnerability of that particular species and there being so few of them in existence in the world...so I'll just go with their many studies and knowledge and bow to that..and you can go with all news outlets and their take on it all..(or just give it up, parmnion.....)...welcome to off season btw...

[Beso]

http://nervemedia.org.uk/nerve/endan...a-for-selfies/

[arista]

Originally Posted by parmnion

http://nervemedia.org.uk/nerve/endan...a-for-selfies/

OK shows how Dumb they are

[Beso]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...well the Argentine Wildlife Trust has confirmed that it's death was a direct result of having been taken out of the water, the Wildlife Trust's involvement is because of the vulnerability of that particular species and there being so few of them in existence in the world...so I'll just go with their many studies and knowledge and bow to that..and you can go with all news outlets and their take on it all..(or just give it up, parmnion.....)...welcome to off season btw...

Do you have a link to where they say that it died because of this?

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Cherie

It does put a different spin on it IF the dolphin was already dead, poor taste but no crime committed, I'm not watching the video to ascertain this though

Yeah it does, very tasteless but atleast the poor thing didn't die the way we first thought

[user104658]

Originally Posted by parmnion

http://nervemedia.org.uk/nerve/endan...a-for-selfies/

Well, if "nervemedia" says that "one of the tourists who took a selfie" has said that it was dead, then I guess we all have egg on our faces. Not that, you know, one of the tourists who took a selfie with it might be trying to deflect some of the blame/shame by claiming that it was already dead.


I have watched the video and it is alive at first. It's dead by the end. It does sort of look like some of the people in the crowd are trying to help it while others are just trying to touch it / take pictures. TBH it looks like most of the crowd is just there "because there's a crowd" and they're trying to see what the drama is all about.

But yeah. It isn't thrashing about all over the place but it does move its tail and flippers a few times at the start of the video, after being taken out of the water. If it was washed up dead, then it's a zombie dolphin.

Also worth noting is that there's already a fair crowd at the START of the video, which would suggest that the dolphin was first plucked from the water a good bit of time before someone started filming.