ARIEL. WHERE DID THIS ALL HAPPEN? IN. IT’S SO SAD. MONICA, TO SEE SUCH A BEAUTIFUL ANIMAL DIE. AND THEY FOUND IT JUST DOWN THE SHORE BEHIND ME. MARINE LIFE EXPERTS FROM THE SEACOAST SCIENCE CENTER TELL US THIS WAS A YOUNG DOLPHIN WHO JUST LEFT ITS MOTHER. THEY SAY THAT IN THE NINE YEARS THEY’VE BEEN RESPONDING TO RESCUES ON THE BEACH, THEY’VE NEVER SEEN THIS SPECIES OF DOLPHIN. THIS STRIPED DOLPHIN IS INCREDIBLY RARE TO NEW HAMPSHIRE. THEY USUALLY ARE FOUND IN WARMER, MORE TROPICAL DEEP WATERS AND STAY IN BIG GROUPS OF 25 TO 100 DOLPHINS. SOMETIMES THEY’LL COME UP THE COAST TO NEW HAMPSHIRE DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS. BUT WILDLIFE EXPERTS SAY THEY ALMOST NEVER BECOME STRANDED ON THE SHORE. LAST WEEK, THEY TOOK THE DOLPHIN AWAY TO BE STUDIED AND ARE NOW WAITING TO HEAR WHY IT DIED. THIS IS A JUVENILE ANIMAL. IT’S A WEANLING. IT HAD FRESH, VERY, VERY RECENTLY BECOME INDEPENDENT FROM ITS MOTHER. SO THERE COULD BE A LOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS WHY THIS ANIMAL WAS NEARSHORE. IT COULD HAVE BEEN SICK. IT COULD. WE DIDN’T SEE ANY PHYSICAL INJURIES ON THE OUTSIDE OF THIS ANIMAL’S BODY. BUT THEY YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PARASITES OUT THERE IN THE OCEAN. THERE’S DISEASE. NOW, IF YOU EVER SEE A DOLPHIN OR A WHALE OR A SEAL THAT’S STRANDED ON THE SHORE, THAT NEEDS HELP, YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN FOR MARINE RESCUE. THAT’S. 603 999799448. AND THEY SAY YOU SHOULD ALWAYS STAY 150FT OR MORE AWAY FROM THE