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Guy Whitey Corngood

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Thu Feb 18, 2016, 03:46 PM Feb 2016

Endangered baby dolphin dies after beachgoers pass it around for selfies

Last week, a tourist staying at the Santa Teresita beach resort in Argentina reportedly picked up two Franciscana dolphins from the water. A huge crowd of people gathered around the dolphins and began taking photos with the animals. Unfortunately, one of the dolphins quickly overheated and passed away while it was out of the water.

After the dolphin died, it was still being passed around by beachgoers and it was later left abandoned in the sand. Hernan Coria shared a few images on Facebook showing the two mammals being held while tourists are seen smiling and completely unaware of what is happening to the animal.

http://news.yahoo.com/endangered-baby-dolphin-dies-beachgoers-162841974.html?partner=CHEETAH

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Endangered baby dolphin dies after beachgoers pass it around for selfies (Original Post) Guy Whitey Corngood Feb 2016 OP
(sigh) KamaAina Feb 2016 #1
arg! tk2kewl Feb 2016 #2
Damn fools Solly Mack Feb 2016 #3
Good Grief berningman Feb 2016 #4
Bunch of brain dead assholes... Blue_Tires Feb 2016 #5
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