Talk:Akeakamai

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I'm curious. In the March 2008 issue of National Geographic it says that Akeakamai, Phoenix and "two others died accidentally four years ago." This article says that Akeamai died of cancer. Which was it? Did the scientists cause the death of this dolphin through an accident or was it disease?

found this: Hiapo, a 20-year-old Atlantic bottlenose dolphin captured as a calf in the Gulf of Mexico, died Monday night of unknown causes. Two others have died in the past four months: Akeakamai died in November and Phoenix last month. Both were 27 and died of cancer. A dolphin's typical life span is 35 or more years.

Questions about the latest death were being referred by the laboratory to University of Hawai'i spokesman Jim Manke, who said Hiapo had a physical as recently as Feb. 19 that pronounced him in "excellent health."

The death was "kind of a mystery," Manke said, and "a surprise to everybody.” Initial tissue samples from a necropsy have shown nothing significant and samples have been sent to the Mainland for further analysis.

The Honolulu Star Bulletin article says this: "Both animals died of cancer that had spread from an oral tumor."


 * I moved this comment out of the main article. --bainer (talk) 13:08, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

''No the scientists did not cause the death of these animals. These animals were the most cared for animals that you could imagine. All staff members considered these dolphins as their own flesh and blood. They were in small tanks and for whatever reason this reduces life expectancy and fertility. Elele was the first to die (stomach) and then Ake followed a few years later. Because Ake was the leader of the pod it is not unusual that Phe & Hiapo soon followed. Unfortunately, that is how it works in their world. For example, I feel terrible for male killer whales who spend their lives with their mother (her pod) and when she dies, they soon follow. This is why male killer whales live about 1/2 that of females. ''

Hey, where the article go?
I came to this page while reading about animal languages. I presume Akeakamai has demonstrated some remarkable ability in use of language - there is, however, very little mention of this in the extremely brief article. How is Akeakamai at all different from any other dolphin? That's not really discussed.

There is a long list of sources, but what are those sources meant to prove? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.200.34.83 (talk) 22:49, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

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