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Updated: 09/26/2012 08:01:14AM
Beggar the dolphin dies
PHOTO PROVIDED BY MOTE MARINE
Boaters feed Beggar the dolphin illegally near the Albee Road Bridge in this photo taken by the Sarasota Dolphin Research Program under NMFS Scientific Research Permit No. 15543.
PHOTO PROVIDED BY MOTE MARINE
This photo of Beggar was taken by the Sarasota Dolphin Research Program.
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One of Sarasota’s best-known and ill-fed dolphins was found dead near the Albee Road Bridge Friday in Nokomis.
Known as “Beggar,” the bottlenose dolphin was one of the most studied wild dolphins in the world and an example of how human behavior can sometimes hurt wild animals.
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