Baby dolphin will receive an artificial tail!

BABY dolphin that lost its tail after getting tangled in fishing nets is to get an artificial one.
The three-month-old mammal also had serious injuries to her mouth, tongue and fins when fishermen found her off Cape Canaveral on Florida's east coast.

The tail wounds were so deep that the blood flow was cut off, killing the tissue. Days after she was rescued, her tail fell off.

Seven months later, plans are well advanced to give the dolphin, named Winter by rescuers, a complete prosthetic tail so she can learn to jump at the Clearwater marine aquarium.

Boss Dana Zucker said: "She'll only be able to wear it for short periods of time but it will mean she'll be able to learn how to jump like the other dolphins."

Winter, who was just 64lb when she was rescued, has now doubled in size.

Dana said: "It was touch and go for a while. We feared we were going to lose her.
"Now she's our star attraction."