A keeper tends to female bottlenose dolphin “Fuji,” the first of her kind to receive a prosthetic tail. ISSEI KATO/REUTERS/CORBIS
November 5th, 2014. According to staff at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Japan, Fuji, the first dolphin in the world to receive a prosthetic tail fin, has died of liver disease at an age estimated to be about 45.
In early October, aquarium officials observed Fuji’s appetite decreasing and her swimming patterns becoming unstable. She passed away on November 1.
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