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Throw Back Thursday #TBT - Winter Dolphin in 2010' swimming with her prosthetic tail

#MotivationMonday -- Gloria Forrest: "No dolphin has ever been known to lose it's entire tail, and survive." Then there was #WinterDolphin

Winter Dolphin and Hope Dolphin from the Clearwater Marine Aquarium

Introducing...... Winter the dolphin! Follow this blog for continual updates and pictures of Winter and all of her friends at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium.

It would be a dream come true to meet winter, which is why its my life dream to go to florida and meet her one day. When winter was rescued, no one thought she'd survive the first night. But she did. The first problem was winters tail, she was found entangled in a crab trap. Cutting off blood flow to her tail. Unfortunately, winters tail was too infected and had no blood flow going to it, so it had to be amputated. The staff at cma couldnt see anything else they could to for winter since now she cant swim. But winter suprised everyone, she tought herself to swim in a side to side wiggling motion. Although this method of swimming is great for winter its not so great for her spine. Winter, like all dolphins, has a spine just like us. If it gets damaged then there could be some fatal damage to her organs. Which is why winters trainers thought of making her a prosthetic tail. Obviously they knew it wasnt going to be easy, but they were willing to try for winter. It took a lot of work and model making but they got there in the end. And winter finally got her all important tail. Winter doesnt wear her tail everyday because it would tire her out too much as shes not used to swimming the way a dolphin should. Which is why she only wears it a few times a week as strong therapy on her peduncle. Winter is now happy and healthy. Warner bros even took attention to her story and decided to make a film about her called 'dolphin tale', a sequel of the film is being made right now but this time with winters friend hope. Both of them will star in the film as the main roles. Winter still inpires people everyday. War heroes and amputees feel that they can move on after meeting winter because of the way she happily lives her life. This is what inspires me so much, that just a small dolphin can define all odds and live happily while making life better for others. People may think that shes just a dolphin but i am so in love with her and her story. Winter is my biggest inspiration and she has given me goals which can only be achieved by doing well with my life. I really hope to meet her one day and thank her for all the inspiration she has given to me 💖