In an apparent world first, veterinarians have successfully
performed a spinal tap on a live dolphin.
That dolphin, who underwent the procedure at SeaWorld San Antonio,
is named Rimmy. She is a bottlenose dolphin, about 3 or 4 years old, who was
rescued from Texas' Sea Rim State Park off the Gulf of Mexico, where she was
found sick and stranded in 2017.
While trying to diagnose the cause of Rimmy's stranding, vets saw
that the dolphin was riddled with ailments, including pneumonia and
"nasal parasites," Dr. Hendrik Nollens, vice president of SeaWorld's
veterinary services, told
ABC News. [Deep
Divers: A Gallery of Dolphins]
Rimmy spent the next 14 months being treated at a special rehab
center for stranded marine mammals, where researchers from
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) decided she was too
fragile and dependent on humans to return to the wild.
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