Moko The Dolphin, Late 1990s-2010

Sad news from New Zealand today, as it seems that Moko the friendly dolphin has died. A lone bottle-nosed dolphin that had taken to swimming with humans in Mahia Bay south of the city of Gisborne, Moko became a popular tourist attraction and made headlines worldwide two years ago by guiding a pair of distressed pygmy sperm whales out of dangerous shallow water. His life was not without controversy, however. Over the past year, as Moko entered his adolescence, reports of increasingly aggressive behavior spread. Due to the sensitive nature of the following video, and since this is an obituary and all, we’ll bury it below.