Clip of winters rescue on december 10th, 2005 taken from the documentary winter, the dolphin that can. Learn about winter the dolphin and her inspiring story in the hit film dolphin tale. The little injured dolphin they called winter couldnt have come along at a better time for the clearwater marine aquarium, a rustic sea life rescue center. Winter became the inspiration for the dolphin tale movies. Dive into oceaninspired apparel, accessories, toys, games and more. Cuddle and play with winter the dolphin and her dolphin tale friends with plush, board games, puzzles and more. Famous dolphin reunited with fisherman who rescued her 14 years. The charismatic animal plays herself in dolphin tale, a familyfriendly 3d movie starring harry connick jr.
A dolphin with a prosthetic tail inspired ellies paralympic journey. Clays daughter hazel names the dolphin winter, after two prior dolphins, summer and. Its rudimentary and even a little clumsy in its filmmaking technique not a small matter, but theres some narrative ambition. The rescue store clearwater marine aquarium official. Winter was found stranded in mosquito lagoon, near cape canaveral, florida when she was only two months old, entangled in a crab trap line which cut off circulation to her tail flukes. Exactly 5 years and 1 day after winter, the tailless dolphin who inspired a major motion picture featuring morgan freeman, ashley judd, and harry conick jr.
After disentanglement, she was transported to clearwater marine aquarium for treatment of her extensive injuries. A story of a baby dolphin named hope is rescued against all odds. Join us for some fun playtime with our resident, rescued dolphins this friday morning. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Dolphin tale is a 2011 american 3d family drama film directed by charles martin smith, from a. Clearwater marine aquarium is home to the animal that became a hollywood sensation in the.
All videos are free for personal and commercial use. Winter the dolphins story of survival has inspired millions of people. Hope for winter by craig hatkoff overdrive rakuten. Up next winter the tailless dolphin performing in clearwater, fl duration. Floridas current film star is winter, the tailless dolphin. First dolphin prosthesis was installed to a dolphin in japan who lost just a part of its tail. Discover the best source for free images and videos. Quick peak of winter the dolphin who lost her tail in a fishing trap. When he changed my life because she showed me that i cant swim i didnt learn to swim until i was quoted they just took a long time when i spend my eyes to think about winter when i was learning to swim it really wasnt told the next morning when we started to see that there was no blood flow that she would eventually lose her tail and it was a very emotional moment immediately. Winter s team also has to figure out how to keep the prosthesis from sliding off as the tail creates enough force to propel a 180kilogram dolphin out of the water and three metres into the air. Prosthesis made for tailless dolphin the sydney morning. It was hard to predict how inspiring this dolphin would become 14 years ago when she was rescued. Winter the dolphin resides at the clearwater marine aquarium in clearwater, fl where this tailless dolphin not only serves as an ambassador for her species.