Mourning the mother dolphin who carried the d.e.ad baby dolphin on her back for ɱaпy days made viewers extremely emotional (Video)
Six moths after a grieving orca whale carried the body of her dead calf for weeks and captured the world’s attention, a new creature has been spotted mourning the loss of her baby. According to The New Zealand Herald , a female bottlenose dolphin is carrying the body of a dead dolphin calf on her back through the waters near New Zealand’s Bay of Islands. New Zealand’s Department of Conservation (DOC) believes the dolphin is the calf’s mother, since the animal is “displaying strong maternal bond behavior as is typical with marine mammals, including carrying the calf on her back and vocalizing on the calf.” In a statement regarding the mourning dolphin, the DOC says the mother was first spotted carrying the calf’s body on January 29. Days later, the animal is still carrying the calf, believed to be a stillborn, on her back. “The mother is grieving and needs space and ᴛι̇ɱe to do this. The Bay of Islands is a busy place in summer with a lot of activity in a...