We regret to inform you that a baby banded dolphin born on November 30, 2019 at Adventure World (Shirahama-cho, Wakayama Prefecture) unfortunately died on the morning of Friday, December 13, 2019.
　The baby bottlenose dolphin was observed swimming and nursing while cuddling with its parent and child after birth. We had been watching over the mother and child, but unfortunately, the baby died. We are currently conducting a histopathological examination to determine the cause of death and to examine the organs in more detail.
　Adventure World will not let this experience go to waste, and will continue to work with the animals to advance the cetacean breeding project and create the future Smile (Happiness)
with the animals.

[History of the baby bottlenose dolphin]
・Saturday, November 30, 7:12 p.m. Birth
After birth, the parent and child were seen swimming smoothly together, and about 8 hours later, we confirmed that the mother was nursing.
　We have been watching the mother and child carefully.
December 13 (Fri.) 5:01 a.m. Death confirmed

[Adventure World Cetacean Population]
◇24 bottlenose dolphins (9 males, 15 females)
◇3 bottlenose dolphins (1 male, 2 females)
◇7 bottlenose dolphins (1 male, 6 females)
◇3 dolphins (2 males, 1 female)
*Dec 2019 As of December 13, 2019