Deatails of injuries to the copse of a stranded male bottlenose dolphin [ Tursiops truncatus] on a beach in North Wales

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Details of injuries sustained by a stranded dolphin believed to be sustained as he was washed ashore on the night tide. A post mortem carried out on the beach by specialist vets proved it was an adult male who choked while at sea

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Size: 2592px × 3872px
Location: Porth Neigwl [Hell's Mouth Bay], Lleyn Peninsula, Gwynedd, North Wales, UK
Photo credit: © John Allison Jones / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: blood, blow, bottlenose, contusions, corpse, damage, dead, death, dolphin, dried, excoriation, hole, injury, mouth, scrapes, scratches, superficial, teeth, truncatus, tursiops