Two Mote staff members in full body wet suits stand in shallow water and support Bolt, an adult melon-headed whale, as he recovers in a Mote hospital tank. Melon-headed whales only get 9 feet long, not much larger than a person.
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Stranded whales at Mote Marine Laboratory

August 30, 2018 | Hayley Rutger

---------------- Two pygmy killer whales, rescued in Clearwater, arrived at Mote Marine Laboratory on August 29, 2018. Read patient cases here: Thunder and Lightning A third whale, rescued in Longboat Key by Mote Marine Laboratory, arrived on September 4, 2018. Read patient case here: Bolt ---------------- NEWEST...