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Here’s a very interesting story about creating a prosthetic fin<\/a> for a dolphin.<\/p>\n

The Clearwater Marine Aquarium unveiled a one-of-a-kind prosthetic fin Friday that could help the young dolphin Winter avoid developing a curvature of the spine which could put her in a permanent “bend” position. The female lost her own tail fluke in an accident in 2005.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Bees are disappearing<\/a> all across the nation and here in Florida.<\/p>\n

In November 2006, a Pennsylvania beekeeper preparing to winter in Florida reported the unexplained disappearance of two-thirds of his hives.<\/p>\n

Six months later, “Colony Collapse Disorder,” as science has named a phenomenon recorded in two dozen states, has affected some 700,000 hives, including as much as a third of the bee population of Florida.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

More information and links here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Here’s a very interesting story about creating a prosthetic fin for a dolphin. The Clearwater Marine Aquarium unveiled a one-of-a-kind prosthetic fin Friday that could help the young dolphin Winter avoid developing a curvature of the spine which could put … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-3c","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":276,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=276","url_meta":{"origin":198,"position":0},"title":"Clue to bee problem revealed","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"September 7, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I had mentioned the problem of bees disappearing, referred to as Colony Collapse Disorder, back in April. 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