It was still being passed around by the beachgoers after its death and was later left discarded in the sand. The dolphin was left on the sand after it died.
The dolphin was from the La Plata - also known as the Franciscana - variety, found off the coasts of Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil. It is considered a "vulnerable" species because there are only about 30,000 left in the world.
The Argentine Wildlife Foundation later issued a reminder to the public of the mammal's extreme vulnerability, hoping it will prevent such a sad event again.
A large crowd gathered around the dolphin.
"The Franciscana, like other species, cannot remain for much time outside of the water, it has thick fatty skin which gives it heat and means that taking it out of the water rapidly causes it to dehydrate and die," it said in a statement.
"This occasion serves to inform the public about the urgent necessity to return these dolphins to the sea as soon as possible if they find them on the shore.
"It is fundamental that people help to rescue these animals, because every Franciscana counts now."
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Time for Noah,s flood 2.0 .............please.
Is this what humanity has become, a selfie nation, cell phone in hand just searching for photo ops. to post on social media it disgusts me
Why? Not one damn person in this crowd obviously had the thought or thoughts of
The wrongness of their actions. And it was discarded, thrown away,, with no reverence for life.
When humans treat other humans with such disregard, poor dolphins have no chance.
As the masses gathered,
with their hearts blocked,
their third eyes blind,
and their brains smothered,
infiltrates, the soul killing techno demon.
With its programming done,
Gaea is forsaken,
and humanity is broken.
I will be among the first batch of people on the boat, no question. please, show some love & humanity towards the animals. My wife and I take care of some bunnys & birds around our neighborhood.
Walt Disney would be so proud.
The man was a genius.
He knew how to take life, put it into a little bottle, with some 'preservative' and sell it.
He has since inspired many imitators.
At other places and at other times, they would be called murderers, liars and thieves and dealt with appropriately for their criminal and perverse actions.
But not here and not now.
Because we have technovision.
ned, out
Mainstream culture has created a state in man that promotes depravity. In a selfie culture, the person with the most fascinating tale to tell is the hero. Yet there is very little regard for personal responsibility involved in making that story happen.
In fact, a story that involves psychopathic and/or extreme narcissistic behavior seems to rise to the top. From evil dentists that show off their kill of endangered species to vapid starlets "accidentally" releasing sex tapes, the bar gets raised a little higher each time one of these situations goes viral.
The next thing we are going to see are mothers that tweet about how proud they are that they got an abortion or soldiers posting horrific videos of torture and the dehumanization of captured enemy soldiers...
...oh wait, that's already happened.
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"But a tourist, Hernan Coria, said the dolphin was one of many which had washed up dead on the beach.
“The water was very hot,” he told local news outlet Telefe Noticias. “It was full of jellyfish and people were not going in the water."
Instead of judging people based on four photos and thinking you have all the facts. Do a bit of research.
What you should all be much more concerned about is why so many dolphins and whales are washing up on the South American coastline dead.
It includes a link to the video. Although in the picture there are lots of people in the water, and I can't find other pics right now, so it's unclear why people "weren't going in the water" when clearly they were.
In the beginning of the clip you hear "it's dead," or "it's dying." At around the 1:15 mark a woman says "We have to put it back in the water!" and a man says "It's dead! It's dead!" So who knows.
Yet no one calls a vet for help? Where is the reverence for life or care about a creatures suffering? Why could they not try to comfort it, soothe its skin with cool water, or something? Anything but a senseless selfie!