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SeaWorld Performs First Ever Spinal Tap on a Bottlenose Dolphin
A rescued bottlenose dolphin is doing well at SeaWorld San Antonio after the first ever cerebrospinal fluid tap on a live bottlenose dolphin was recently performed, giving her a chance at living with other dolphins. Rimmy is a sub adult female bottlenose dolphin who stranded on Sea Rim State Park, Texas in September 2017 when […]
SeaWorld Facilitates Hearing Test For Rescued Dolphin
Last week, the SeaWorld Orlando veterinary team assisted the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) with a hearing test on the dolphin that was rescued in November. NOAA conducts hearing tests on all stranded cetaceans to confirm their ability to hear and echolocate. Dolphins use echolocation to help them find food, navigate through their environment and […]
SeaWorld Orlando Creates One-Of-A-Kind Wetsuit For Penguin
Guests visiting Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin at SeaWorld Orlando can see one penguin stands out from the others. She’s wearing her very own wetsuit. The female Adelie penguin recently experienced feather-loss, which can happen to penguins in their natural habitats and wild populations. As a result of her feather-loss, the bird had a hard […]