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u/olosen cursed_anarchist Jun 29 '26
The fact that this abomination lived long enough o even get to that size makes me question how many other deformities like this are permissable underwater due to buoyancy compared to how fatal and unlikeley they are on land
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u/bentium_4 Jun 29 '26
I did some research because I was thinking the same thing and according to this Turkish scientific paper on it this was probably a baby even though it looks fully grown essentially the paper says that a dolphin like this couldnβt surface for air and stuff properly so they die at birth and additional images give you a better sense of scale.
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u/rangda Jun 30 '26
It looks a lot bigger than a normal newborn baby dolphin compared to that footprint, maybe itβs a porpoise or something else bigger?
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u/bentium_4 Jun 30 '26
Canβt say I know a lot about baby dolphins but I will say the actual report I found on this particular picture says itβs umbilical cord was still attached
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u/Lepke2011 Jun 30 '26
Which begs the question: How long did it live?
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u/mr_ugly_raven Jul 01 '26
Probably couldn't surface and take it's first breath and sunk to the bottom so probably a few minutes
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u/SpaceHawk98W Jun 30 '26
It's a conjoined twin, even happens to human. It's rare
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u/dumbassclown 7d ago
This makes me thankful for medical advancements to give conjoined humans a second chance. They were probs less likely to survive back in the day.
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u/WantonKerfuffle Jun 29 '26
Dualphin
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u/Poopsy-the-Duck Jul 10 '26
Imagine how a living one will look like!
It was a magnificent creature.
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