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Viral Video: Okinawa Dolphin Leaps From Tank

By Steven HofferJul 12th 2010 – 1:00PM

(July 12) -- Visitors to Japan's Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium got their money's worth last week when they witnessed a female dolphin named Kuru take a valiant leap over the edge of a viewing tank during a performance. The spectacle was captured on camera by an American tourist who forwarded the footage to Ric O'Barry, a...

Background on Ric OBarry

Richard "Ric" O'Barry (born c. 1939 in Florida) is an American first recognized in the 1960s for capturing and training the five dolphins that were used in the well-known TV series Flipper.

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