In a rare mourning ritual, a dolphin was pictured carrying its dead
calf's body on its back in the sea near Qinzhou in China's Guangxi
Province. The emotional scene was watched by a boat full of tourists who saw the
dead calf with a large gash, approximately a foot long, across its belly
during a tour. According to the Daily Mail,
this could have been caused by the propeller of a boat, and,
ironically, maybe even one of the many that take tourists on
dolphin-watching trips. The dolphin was believed to be a mother moving her dead baby away from the shore to lay it to rest in deeper water.