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Dolphin Tale 2 is a 2014 American family film written and directed by Charles Martin Smith as the sequel to his 2011 film Dolphin Tale which in-turn was based on the true story about a rescued bottlenose dolphin named Winter who made her final on-screen appearance in this film before her death in November 2021.
The book and film are inspired by the true story of Winter, a bottlenose dolphin that was rescued in December 2005 off the Florida coast and taken in by the Clearwater Marine Aquarium. In the film, Winter loses her tail after becoming entangled with a rope attached to a crab trap, and must be fitted with a prosthetic one in order to swim ...
Winter, the most famous aquarium resident, was a female Atlantic bottlenose dolphin who was rescued December 10, 2005 by Clearwater Marine Aquarium team members and other partners from the Southeast Standing Network after being found caught in a crab trap. She lost her tail due to her injuries.
The Tampa Bay Times (at the time the St. Petersburg Times) published a 4-part series in 2008 that chronicled the rescue of an injured baby dolphin. The dolphin had been caught in a crab trap and ...
Winter is gone, but her impact on Clearwater Marine Aquarium is forever. Just look around. When staff rescued the baby bottlenose dolphin from a crab trap in Cape Canaveral in late 2005, revenues ...
The prosthetic-tailed dolphin that starred in the “Dolphin Tale" movies may be fighting a gastrointestinal infection, officials said. The Clearwater Marine Aquarium said in a news release on ...
A film based on Winter's story, titled Dolphin Tale, was released September 23, 2011. [16] Winter portrayed herself in the film. [17] The film depicted Winter's rescue and the pioneering of her prosthetic tail. Several modifications were made to the Clearwater Marine Aquarium to accommodate her, including a new 80,000-gallon pool. [17]
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