{"id":4510,"date":"2016-02-18T06:32:33","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T06:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/?p=4510"},"modified":"2016-02-18T06:32:33","modified_gmt":"2016-02-18T06:32:33","slug":"dead-baby-dolphin-selfies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailydigest.com\/dead-baby-dolphin-selfies\/","title":{"rendered":"This Baby Dolphin Died Because Tourists Passed It Round Taking Selfies With It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There were shocking scenes on an Argentinian beach recently when a baby <a href=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/dog-swimming-with-dolphin\/\"><em><strong>dolphin<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>washed up on the shore. But instead of helping it back into the water&#8230; Everyone on the beach picked it up and passed it around for <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/cat-selfies\/\">selfies<\/a><\/strong><\/em>. Until the little thing died.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson from the <strong><em>Vida Silvestre Foundation<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0said this about\u00a0the incident: <em>&#8220;Dolphins can not remain long above water. They have very thick and greasy skin that provides warmth, so the weather will quickly cause dehydration and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailydigest.com\/wrestling-legend-hulk-hogan-dies-at-71\/\">death<\/a>.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Franciscana dolphins are only found in the waters surrounding southeastern South America and\u00a0are considered\u00a0as a \u2018vulnerable\u2019 species by the <em><strong>International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)<\/strong><\/em>. In fact, there are less than 30,000 of these beautiful creatures left in the world&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4512\" src=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Dolphin.jpg\" alt=\"Dolphin\" width=\"1067\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Poor, poor thing&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4511\" src=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Dolphin-2.jpg\" alt=\"Dolphin\" width=\"1071\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dolphins are not accessories for selfies. They&#8217;re animals that should be in the sea. Act accordingly, world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There were shocking scenes on an Argentinian beach recently when a baby dolphin washed up on the shore. But instead of helping it back into the water&#8230; Everyone on the beach picked it up and passed it around for selfies. Until the little thing died. 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