This Picture Of A Mother Dolphin Carrying Her Dead Calf Will Break Your Heart
Photos show the mother swimming next to its dead baby in Australia after a member of the public alerted local environmentalists. A research group in Western Australia said they made the choice to leave the deceased calf in the water so its mother could grieve.
Accounts of whales and dolphins caring for or attending to their dead or dying members have been seen for years, and no matter how many times we see it, it's equally devastating every single time, if not more.
Nowadays, the main contributing factor to the death of a large number of marine life is humans wreaking havoc with plastic waste. All at the cost leaving a poor animal grieving.
This time again, heartbreaking pictures of grieving Dolphin nudging its dead calf has gone viral. The photos show the mother swimming next to its dead baby in Australia after a member of the public alerted local environmentalists.
The calf, the group added, had died after getting tangled and stuck in a crab pot.
¡°Dolphins are highly intelligent creatures and are known to stay with their young for a period of time following a death¡±.
A research group in Western Australia said they made the choice to leave the deceased calf in the water so its mother could grieve.
¡°We will continue to monitor the pair and remove the calf when appropriate to do so. We ask the public to stay well away from the dolphin and her dead calf during this time."
People have been mourning the loss of the baby dolphin, 'So sad and so preventable,' a Facebook user wrote.
