URUGUAY – (VIDEO) JUST IN! Catch the first video of Nipper, the rescued baby dolphin in Uruguay, getting a swimming lesson. After being injured by a fishing net and washing ashore, the 10-day-old baby dolphin was brought by tourists to the SOS Rescate de Fauna Marina reserve to be nursed back to health. Watch as this little cutie, now 13 days old, gets a swimming lesson under the gentle guidance of the reserve’s director. – Global Animal
(ANIMAL VIDEO) JUST IN! Catch the first video of the rescued baby dolphin in Uruguay getting a swimming lesson. 13 days old on November 8th, 2010! — Global Animal
See the photo gallery of this magnificent little dolphin: Baby Dolphin Rescued In Uruguay
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that was so cute!!!!!!!!!!!
Awesome
Cute !!!! Where is the mum ? death ?
I love this! Thank goodness there are still wonderful good people in this world. The Taiji, Japan fishermen cruelly stabbed two babies about this same age after they slaughtered their mothers. The babies were terrified and swimming in blood and the fishermen just came up and murdered them! Watch The Cove to learn more.
Que bello bebe, ojala se recupere y cresca sano y fuerte para que vuelva al mar donde muy seguramente encontrara amigos delfines con quienes nadará por todos los mares. Larga vida Nipper! you are so cute.
In light of all happening in Taiji, this is refreshing and very touching! I applaud the team helping little Nipper. He/she is oh so precious and worth every ounce of help. I wish I was the man in that nursery!
I agree with you and find it reassuring that concerned people are making the connection between baby Nipper and the horrific dolphin slaughter in Taiji. The two happening simultaneously seems to make both more poignant. May the very near future be only about little Nippers getting the help they need to thrive.
I am in love with this baby!
I want to raise a baby dolphin
Cassie, no matter how cute he is not a pet, toy, or swimming buddy. These wondrous creatures belong in the sea. I am so glad that these amazing people are going to attempt to release him into the wild after they rehabilitate him
Just the cutest thing ever
I didn’t know dolphins needed swimming lessons!
Arlene, yes these little guys are very dependent on Mom to learn these behaviours as well as their communication skills. This takes years. Aunts are also known to babysit when needed as they have strong familial bonds. That is why it is so sad of what is now happening in Taiji. The babies are separated from their Moms when the Moms are either slaughtered or captured. So they are either forced to go back into the ocean on their own where they have zero chance of survival or be taken into a life of captivity in a dolphinarium for our amusement. On 111/9 in Taiji 2 babies refused to leave the bloodied waters and were in turn slaughtered by the fishermen. Everyone, please voice your concerns to the Japanese Embassy today and please do not patronize dolphinariums or “Swim with Dolphin Programs”! Do this for little Nipper
For more info please read Elora Malama West’s blog, a 17 year old present at the cove in Taiji Japan since the dolphin hunt started in September. http://www.eloramalama.wordpress.com
The baby is adorable. But that man is poorly unequipped to properly care for the baby. It’s obvious based on his interaction that he does not know how to provide the stimulation and communication it needs. And in a swimming pool! OMG
Wow, thank you so much for your post. If not for your obvious expertise in the matter, I might almost have experienced an unadulterated moment of exhilaration over evidence that human beings are capable tenderness and concern for other creatures. I’m sure the RFM will also be glad to know that its director is so clearly unqualified for the responsibilities of the position and will immediately seek a suitable replacement. And all that from only 47 seconds of video. You are truly a wonder!
Seriously, is there nothing in this world so pure and uplifting that it cannot be sullied by the cynicism and derision of those who wish to aggrandize themselves by belittling the accomplishments of others? Have we truly sunk that low? I guess the evidence speaks for itself…
Is this in response to “whatever”s post…?
If so, Here Here!!!!!
Obviously, “Whatever” didn’t take the time to learn about this situation… this is a valid rescue group and the pool (I’d have to assume) is salt-water not clorine based!