A dolphin in Japan has a prosthesis, the first in the world, to replace a missing part of its tail. Winter was a frail, dehydrated 3-month-old when she came to the animal rescue center in December.

CLEARWATER, Fla. - The news from Indian River Lagoon was too familiar: another dolphin gravely injured because of human action.

Dolphin may get prosthetic tail . Originally published September 26, 2006 at 12:00 am. The news from Indian River Lagoon was too familiar: another dolphin gravely injured because of human action.

Prosthetic tail dolphin's story made into film. September 22, ... has been through 20 versions of her prosthetic tail and will have to have a new one made every time she grows.

The solution for Winter may be a prosthetic tail. If the logistics can be worked out, Winter's prosthesis would be the first for a dolphin who lost its tail and the key joint that allows it to ...

A baby bottlenose dolphin who lost her tail might get a new, prosthetic one. The dolphin got tangled in the line of a crab trap in Florida last year. Melissa Block talks with Dana Zucker, Chief ...

In December 2005, when winter the bottlenose dolphin was just a few months old, she was swimming with her mother in Mosquito Lagoon, along central Florida's Atlantic coast. Somehow she got herself ...

Designing a prosthetic for a dolphin was a trickier process than Carroll anticipated. He said, "With a person, when we fit a socket on them, we have one long, solid bone. We don't have to have the ...

Bottlenose was only a baby when she got tangled in fishing line, losing tail; at one year old, she'll need at least three prosthetics over her lifespan.

SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) - The "Dolphin Tale" film has grossed more than $49 million. It's the story of a dolphin whose tail was amputated and the world renowned prosthetic expert who stepped in and ...

All this because of a friendly dolphin, and those who cared enough to keep her alive with the first prosthetic dolphin tail. To comment on this story: [email protected] • 766-8712.

CLEARWATER, Fla. – The news from Indian River Lagoon was too familiar: another dolphin gravely injured because of human action. But marine scientist Steve McCulloch immediately saw this rescue ...