An elderly dolphin has been given a new lease of life by a prosthetic tail fin at an aquarium in southern Japan.
Fuji, believed to be 37 years old, had three quarters of her tail destroyed by a mystery virus three years ago and vets claimed there was nothing they could do to fix the problem.
The mother of three's movement was highly restricted and aquarium staff noted that she was becoming depressed as she could not leap out of the water like her peers.
However, intensive work by a specialist dolphin sculptor resulted in an artificial limb that allows her to swim around the enclosure as well as ever before.
Her keepers now claim that Fuji is much happier with herself at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Motobu on Japan's southern island.
The aquarium has a range of performing dolphins and also specialises in shark enclosures. Everyday, visitors are treated to lectures about living coral and tropical fish, which they are invited to feed.
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