By Jonathan Allen

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A dolphin that died in a polluted New York canal last week was old and sick, and the toxic waters where it spent its final hours played little, if any, role in its demise, a biologist who examined the dolphin's carcass said on Tuesday.

The male common dolphin had not eaten in some time even before swimming a mile inland up Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal, where it was discovered on Friday morning, said Kimberly Durham, the biologist who performed the necropsy.

The dolphin died later on Friday. [More]














Source: Dolphin That Died in New York Canal Was Old and Sick