Friday, December 23, 2011

Oct 19th, 2011 - Lulu, Commerson's dolphin, dies at Toba Aquarium

(translated): Early hours of October 19, 2011, the Commercon's dolphin "Lulu" has died.

"Lulu" is 55 minutes 5:00 am on June 29, 2011, a female, "Lara," male and "Kai" is between a baby born.

Showed signs of ill was 16 days. Usually not seen too often seen feeding two hours, but continued to observe the staff from 17 am, could not be verified at all subsequent lactation. Blood tests taken from the tank was carried out in the afternoon, it was terrible condition even slight anemia with a low protein liver function. Therefore, the injection of antibiotics, animal by gavage catheter Milk (for heal, forcing it to swallow food) again carried back to the tank.
Then, while I watched the nightly observations, as seen in the figure Ninamashita suckle your mother cuddled. I thought recovery was going to be able to confirm feeding steadily from morning until 18 at night, around 3:00 am May 19 unfortunately, died.

"Lulu" was a difficult birth, but births take about two hours, in children born to healthy firm was also increasing steadily feeding weight. In September, 1000 We recruit applicants through nearly nicknamed "Lulu" has arrived at a cute name. You swim around the tank with the mother to healthy, playing with bubbles made or issued by his breath, and more recently by the glass and forth to see how the audience's, curious Aquarium Sorry just had been very popular for.

Cause of death is unknown for the moment clearly. Future, a variety of tests performed by dissection.

To date, "Lulu" everyone who watched the growth of Thank you very much.

source:
http://www.aquarium.co.jp/news/2011/2011ruru-huhou.html

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