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| Deaf dolphin unable to survive in wild to be cared for at Mississippi centre | Deaf dolphin unable to survive in wild to be cared for at Mississippi centre |
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| A deaf dolphin found stranded in March off the Louisiana coast is being taken to live among other dolphins at a facility in Mississippi. | A deaf dolphin found stranded in March off the Louisiana coast is being taken to live among other dolphins at a facility in Mississippi. |
| Suzanne Smith is the rescue coordinator at the Audubon nature institute. She says the 2½-year-old dolphin will be taken Tuesday to the institute for marine mammal studies because he would be unable to survive in the wild. | Suzanne Smith is the rescue coordinator at the Audubon nature institute. She says the 2½-year-old dolphin will be taken Tuesday to the institute for marine mammal studies because he would be unable to survive in the wild. |
| She says deafness is probably the reason the 6½-foot (1.8-metre)-long marine mammal was stranded on a mudflat where researchers found him March 6. He was deaf in the frequencies of dolphin sonar and was severely sunburned. | She says deafness is probably the reason the 6½-foot (1.8-metre)-long marine mammal was stranded on a mudflat where researchers found him March 6. He was deaf in the frequencies of dolphin sonar and was severely sunburned. |
| The animal was so weak that he had to be kept in shallow water, with a staffer present at all times to help him. | The animal was so weak that he had to be kept in shallow water, with a staffer present at all times to help him. |
| The animal's hearing was tested when he regained strength. | The animal's hearing was tested when he regained strength. |
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