The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is seeking the public’s help in finding out what happened to a bottlenose dolphin found dead on Fort Myers Beach, Fla. on March 24.
“A necropsy, nonhuman autopsy, revealed the dolphin was impaled in the head with a spear-like object while alive,” NOAA said in a statement.
A photo of the dead animal show a sizable gash above its right eye. She was lactating, officials said. NOAA believes the dolphin died from its injury rather quickly.
