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Deformed dolphin is adopted by group of whale


ozman

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In 2011, behavioral ecologists Alexander Wilson and Jens Krause of the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries in Germany were surprised to discover that a group of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus)—animals not usually known for forging bonds with other species—had taken in an adult bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/130123-sperm-whale-dolphin-adopted-animal-science/

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