Baby Dolphin Believed to Have Died After Man Held It For Instagram Photo
A baby dolphin is believed to be dead after a man picked it up on a beach in Florida and held it out of water for a photo for Instagram.
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A baby dolphin is believed to be dead after a man picked it up on a beach in Florida and held it out of water for a photo for Instagram.
Now reportedly receiving death threats, the 19-year-old responsible for the ill-advised photo-op has yet to be charged - and claims the one-year-old male calf was already dead when he discovered it.
A North Florida man has apologized after posting an Instagram photo of him holding a dolphin several feet out of the water.
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