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Photo blog: Who knew? Dolphins don?t like rain | Tampa Bay Business Journal
Thunderstorms soaked the Tampa Bay area all day when I went over to Clearwater in search of an aquatic movie star.
With swimming and tanning not an option, tourists, spring breakers and locals were looking for something to do. So they came to the Clearwater Marine Aquarium to see Winter, star of her own, soon to be released movie, "Dolphin Tale."
A total of 1,524 people visited the aquarium that day.
People lined the three tanks holding Winter, the dolphin with the prosthetic tail, and Panama, a deaf dolphin, waiting for the presentation to begin. The CMA has a large outside tank and two smaller tanks under cover. Trainers took me to the platform poolside, next to the buckets of fish (also known as dolphin treats).
The dolphins hung around the outside tank, but the weather got worse by the minute. The trainers warned me that getting photos might not be easy due to the weather. That had me puzzled.
The rain came hard, and the dolphins retreated to the back tanks.
Dolphins don’t like rain.
In the wild they go deeper to avoid the stuff.
The announcer apologized to the crowd joking, "I guess they're afraid of getting wet."
People laughed then watched as Winter and Panama were put through their paces. Two visitors were selected to kneel next to the trainers, getting a close look at the dolphins. I laid on the deck, eye to eye with Winter and Panama shooting close-ups and marveling at the mammals. True survivors.
A visitor from Canada told me that she had never seen a dolphin so close and, yes, she was excited about the movie.
Thunderstorms soaked the Tampa Bay area all day when I went over to Clearwater in search of an aquatic movie star.
With swimming and tanning not an option, tourists, spring breakers and locals were looking for something to do. So they came to the Clearwater Marine Aquarium to see Winter, star of her own, soon to be released movie, "Dolphin Tale."
A total of 1,524 people visited the aquarium that day.
People lined the three tanks holding Winter, the dolphin with the prosthetic tail, and Panama, a deaf dolphin, waiting for the presentation to begin. The CMA has a large outside tank and two smaller tanks under cover. Trainers took me to the platform poolside, next to the buckets of fish (also known as dolphin treats).
The dolphins hung around the outside tank, but the weather got worse by the minute. The trainers warned me that getting photos might not be easy due to the weather. That had me puzzled.
The rain came hard, and the dolphins retreated to the back tanks.
Dolphins don’t like rain.
In the wild they go deeper to avoid the stuff.
The announcer apologized to the crowd joking, "I guess they're afraid of getting wet."
People laughed then watched as Winter and Panama were put through their paces. Two visitors were selected to kneel next to the trainers, getting a close look at the dolphins. I laid on the deck, eye to eye with Winter and Panama shooting close-ups and marveling at the mammals. True survivors.
A visitor from Canada told me that she had never seen a dolphin so close and, yes, she was excited about the movie.
