Fatal attraction: Dolphin that 'fell in love' with a boat and refused to leave its side dies after it got close to another vessel and was struck by a propeller
Mail Online
Animal, named Zafar, first made headlines in 2018 after antics in French town was caught rubbing up against bathers and boats in Landevennec, Brittany. This month, he formed bond with Les Tres Hombres sailing cargo ship followed it into Dutch harbour town of IJmuiden and then Amsterdam harbour. A dolphin which 'fell in love' with a Dutch cargo ship and refused to leave its side has been found dead after apparently colliding with another boat's propeller.
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Lonneke IJsseldijk, a biologist at Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 who carried out an autopsy on the dolphin, told media outlet Dutch 木瓜福利影视, 'All the signs are that the dolphin died on impact. 'It suffered a big blow and probably lost its tail in the propeller of the ship that hit it.'
Het is verschenen op Mail Online op 15 mei 2020.