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Tears for a Dolphin by Peter Levy - Coromind Issue 40, 2026

Coromind Season 40 Episode 5

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It was the mid-1990s and we were steaming back from Aotea/Great Barrier. It was a beautiful hot summer day and the sea was flat and calm. Up ahead we spotted a pod of about 20 Terehu/Bottlenose dolphins. I noticed there was one dolphin that was not participating in playing and as I watched I saw she had a calf with her, a baby about a metre long. When I got closer, I saw that the baby had an old, frayed rope wrapped around its tail...




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