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Winter clearwater marine aquarium
Winter clearwater marine aquarium













winter clearwater marine aquarium

"We have the technology available to us where guests will be able to virtually swim with Winter and experience her personality as if she were still alive," Powell said. It was built on videos and photos taken of Winter throughout her life. Clearwater Marine Aquarium, 249 Windward Passage, Clearwater, (727) 441-1790. James "Buddy" Powell, president of the aquarium, said the virtual reality experience will allow people beginning in January to interact with Winter even though she's gone. Winter the Dolphin Winter, the star of Dolphin Tale, lost her tail after becoming entangled in a crab trap line. The uplifting story of her recovery using an unprecedented prosthetic tail was the subject of the two Dolphin Tale films in 20, making the marine mammal a hero to people with disabilities and chronic illnesses around the world. She was rescued in December 2005 along Florida's East Coast after her tail became caught in a crab trap rope. 11 at age 16 of an inoperable intestinal problem. Clearwater was also the rescue center that cared for Winter, the famous prosthetic-tailed rescue-dolphin who sadly passed away in 2021. The aquarium is home to Hope the dolphin who starred in the 2014 film Dolphin Tale 2. The Clearwater Marine Aquarium announced Friday that Winter's legacy will include an ongoing memorial, a funding endowment, a special song and a plan to release the animal's cremated ashes in the Gulf of Mexico. Clearwater Marine Aquarium is a wildlife rescue center and aquarium in Clearwater, Florida.















Winter clearwater marine aquarium