Laryngeal snaring by ingested fishing net in a common Bottlenose Dolphin (tursiops truncatus) off the israeli shoreline

Alon M. Levy; Orl Brenner; Aviad Scheinln; Dan Morlck; Ellana Ratner; Oz Goffman; Dan Kerem

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-45.3.834

Laryngeal snaring by ingested fishing net in a common Bottlenose Dolphin (tursiops truncatus) off the israeli shoreline

Alon M. Levy, Orl Brenner, Aviad Scheinln, Dan Morlck, Ellana Ratner, Oz Goffman, Dan Kerem

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We report an unusual snaring of the larynx in an adult, female common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). The dolphin was observed swimming and diving in Haifa Port, Israel, but was found dead the next day, 60 km south, on the coast. Postmortem examination revealed stranded-cordage, nylon filaments wrapped around the larynx, cutting through the soft tissue, and extending down into the forestomach, where a large mass of netting was found. The cachectic state of the dolphin and the subacute to chronic, hyperplastic response of soft tissue surrounding the filaments lodged around the larynx, suggest a prolonged period of starvation, which led to the final weakness and wasting of the dolphin.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	834-838
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Volume	45
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-45.3.834
State	Published - Jul 2009

Keywords

Cetacea
Gillnet
Marine pollution
Tursiops truncatus

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Ecology

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Laryngeal snaring by ingested fishing net in a common Bottlenose Dolphin (tursiops truncatus) off the israeli shoreline

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