Crew rescues dolphin in a Speedo swimsuit

[Opusnone]

Sorry if dupe.

"A lucky adolescent male bottlenose dolphin is back to living nude and free in Gulf Coast Florida's Sarasota Bay after making a potentially fatal wardrobe choice early this summer.

The 10-year-old dolphin, known as Scrappy, probably owes its life to a Brookfield Zoo marine mammal research team that works year round in the bay."


http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/sfl-817speedodolphin,0,7853284.story


PICTURES on edit

http://www.tampabays10.com/news/specials/science/article.aspx?storyid=36842

[mnhtnbb]

1. Now that's a great animal story!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

2. so there's a large naked man running around somewhere?

EWWWWW!


I'm glad Scrappy is OK. I've always considered speedos dangerous, but usually just to my eyes. :P



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[Opusnone]

4. Probably a French-Canadian!

A snowbird or the like. They love to show off that manfat.

[Richard Steele]

9. Try to think POSITIVE...

The original owner might have drowned, y'know.
All that back hair gets pretty heavy when it's wet.
Not to mention how much big gold chains weigh!

(Seriously though, I'm happy to hear Scrappy is OK.)

[1monster]

3. At first I thought this was a case of really bad headline writing or a

joke.

Poor dolphin!

Speedos. An assult to the eyes and a threat to life.

[angstlessk]

5. Me too, with today's journalism hard to know who wore that speedo!

I have seen so many headlines that made me do a double take..one right now. "Bush confident economy..." I the economy confident or is bush confident?

[Opusnone]

8. I hope you're not blaming me for the headline

Made you look, though.

[angstlessk]

15. Hey there are two words that will get me in 'dolphin' and 'speedo'.

With one I am looking for a great story, the other a great picture. You had both in one sentence! And I know you did not write the headline...but you did use it for a hook!

[Wickerman]

6. "Speedos can be a threat to more than just good taste"

:rofl:

[LWolf]

7. "Speedos can be a threat to more than just good taste."

:D

Heal well, Scrappy!

[RebelOne]

10. I'm so glad they were able to rescue

that little guy. Wonderful and happy ending.

[earth mom]

11. I love Dolphins. Thanks for the story.

:hi:

[TahitiNut]

12. Ironic. Speedos are designed for competitive swimming.

... but not all mammals can wear them. Hell, even though I was a competitve swimmer in college, I sure wouldn't wear one myself, anymore. :silly:

[Deja Q]

13. And yet nobody took a picture?

:cry:

[tammywammy]

16. I'm disappointed about it too!

:cry:
I totally clicked on the link expect a pic of a dolphin with a speedo. :cry: What's the media coming to!

[Opusnone]

17. PICTURES HERE!!!

http://www.tampabays10.com/news/specials/science/article.aspx?storyid=36842

Not high quality, but the dolphin's wearing a frickin' Speedo!

[lpbk2713]

14. Groucho Marx revisited ......

“One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I'll never know.”

[muriel_volestrangler]

18. What's a "man's bikini swimsuit"?

A bikini is 2 piece. So this dolphin was caught in both pieces? And what's the point of a 2 piece swimsuit for men? If it's the smoothness wanted for competitive swimming, don't men wear one piece bodysuits? Or are we talking about man-breasts here?

[Jed Dilligan]

21. Bikini is an island, named in a language unrelated to ours

the "bi" has nothing to do with the duality of the garment. "Unikini" confuses the issue.

[muriel_volestrangler]

22. That doesn't really help me.

I know the derivation of 'bikini'. I have always seen it as referring to a woman's 2 piece costume.

[Jed Dilligan]

23. I think it just refers to the cut of the bottoms

Men's speedo-style underwear is called "bikini briefs"

[muriel_volestrangler]

26. OK - maybe it's an American-British thing then

I think we just stick to calling them "briefs" or "trunks" here.

[bluedog]

19. my grandson saved 2 dolphins here in Florida last month

the dolphins .mom and son were trapped in low water in a inlet by his house.......hes 9yrs old..him and his baby sitter called the wildlife society .in the mean time they kept bringing buckets of water to keep them wet.......as the dolphins skin burns faster than a humans....

when the workers arrived the kids helped push them out in deeper water.....but.......it didn't work and the workers took them to the local recue center and found the mom had a infection and the son followed her in...

They are doing fine now.......and my grandson and his sitter........were honored with them being named after them

Thats right....Mom......after Mady the sitter 15yrs old

and my grandson Troy........he is so proud and can go see the dolphins any time he wants......

[Solon]

25. Cool Story!

A :toast: to your Grandson and his Babysitter! That is so cool! :D

[prole_for_peace]

20. dolphins deserve to be sexy too. though speedos are NOT sexy

even on professional athletes.

maybe he should try board shorts next time. now those i like.

[Bucky]

24. Immoral freaks expose dolphin genitalia!

We need a gay marriage amendment to control this kind of nekkid dolphin perversity.