Grieving Dolphin Carries Dead Calf Around For Days, Seen During Dana Point Whale Watching Safari

Whale watchers aboard Captain Dave’s Dolphin and Whale Watching Safari () had an unexpected and heartbreaking encounter with a pod of bottlenose dolphins yesterday. A deceased dolphin calf was being carried by an adult bottlenose dolphin on its back. “I believe this calf has been dead for many days, possibly weeks,“ explains Capt. Dave Anderson, “you can see the flesh is decaying. In my nearly twenty years on the water whale watching I have never seen this behavior. Nor have I