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| It is apparent that octopus handling is a risky behavior, as within our study | |
| area a known adult male stranded and a necropsy confirmed the cause of death | |
| was from suffocation from a large 2.1 kg octopus. The dolphin had attempted to | |
| swallow the octopus, however, the octopus was found almost intact, with the | |
| head and the mantle of the octopus in the dolphin's stomach and the 1.3 m long | |
| arms separated from the head and extending out of its mouth. Similarly, another | |
| [bottlenose dolphin] died from suspected asphyxiation due to an octopus lodged | |
| in its mouth and pharynx. |
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