Glenn Greenwald's Photos of a Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) 4-21-06
Observed along the shores of the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes National Wildlife Refuge in San Luis Obispo County, California

Related message from Glen Greenwald says: "The ... photos were taken ... Friday, April 21, 2006, when I was conducting a snowy plover nesting survey with Tom Applegate, consulting biologist, along the shores of the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes National Wildlife Refuge in San Luis Obispo County, California.  The bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) was 9 feet long, and the wound width was 19.5 inches.  Several biologists have suggested that the attack was from a great white shark.  After viewing these photos this morning, Bob Pitman from NOAA Fisheries, La Jolla, said: 'It is a Tursiops and it looks like it was a fairly healthy animal when it died. My guess is it was a fatal attack (vs post mortem munching).  Not often documented especially on adult animals.' "

Glenn Greenwald's Photos of a Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) 4-21-06

Glenn Greenwald's Photos of a Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) 4-21-06

Glenn Greenwald's Photos of a Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) 4-21-06

Glenn Greenwald's Photos of a Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) 4-21-06

Glenn Greenwald's Photos of a Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) 4-21-06

Glenn Greenwald's Photos of a Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) 4-21-06

Glenn Greenwald's Photos of a Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) 4-21-06

Glenn Greenwald's Photos of a Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) 4-21-06
Above photos by Glen Greenwald by permission (pending)

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