Winter (dolphin)

Winter is a female bottlenose dolphin. She is, after the Japanese Fuji, the second dolphin, the tail fins, a prosthesis was used. About the crowd favorite of the Clearwater Marine Aquarium in Clearwater (Florida ), a feature film was shot: Dolphin Tale ( 2011). In addition, books and a computer game in terms of the animal have already been published.

Winter was captured in December 2005 by a fisherman off Florida accidentally with a safety net. She had been seriously injured. The blood supply to the caudal fin had been interrupted, the tail fell off. Winter was moving ahead with the side fins, but had not much chance of survival.

The story of the dolphin caught the attention of the American media. The prosthetist Kevin Carroll became aware through the reports on the animal and decided to construct the first time a new tail for a dolphin.