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January 1, 2008 - Participants at a swim-with-dolphins session at Dolphin Academy in Curacao were horrified when Annie, an 11 year-old bottlenose dolphin landed on them.
Six people were holding a stick for the dolphin to jump across but instead the animal turned side-ways and landed on three of the people with its full weight. Unconfirmed reports state it took some time before action was taken to help the injured woman, who was taken by ambulance to hospital. Following the incident, visitors were asked to hand over their cameras and footage was deleted. All 3 victims were refunded their entry fee, but no explanation for the incident was offered by the facility, however Dolphin Academy has since commented that this was just “a little accident”.
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