At around 40 years old, she was the oldest of the dolphins in Marineland. Lotty, a female Tursiops truncatus died on Wednesday, Antibes Marine Park announced in a statement. "The magnificent", as she was nicknamed, "recently suffered from an infection, according to the first analyzes of the veterinarian," said the management who spoke of "a real blow to the animal teams".
An autopsy must be performed in the coming days to learn more about the exact causes of death.
A late but not completed pregnancy
Despite her advanced age and an ovarian cyst, the cetacean female "had surprised park veterinarians a few months ago with a late pregnancy which unfortunately did not have a happy outcome", it is also specified.
Marineland teams indicate that, "according to specialists, the average life of a bottlenose dolphin in the zoo is as high, or even higher, than that of a bottlenose dolphin in the wild." The average life expectancy of this species is around 40 years, although variations are possible depending on the origin, they say.
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