On sighting a dolphin struggling for survival In
the near shore area off Adimaithura (near Vizhinjam)
on 31-08-1998, the fishermen encircled it with a
shore seine. It was a rare marine Risso's dolphin,
Grampus griseus (Cuvier, 1812), measuring 250 cm
in length. In spite of the medical treatments given
for the injuries, it survived in the Marine Aquarium
at Vizhinjam for about 13 hrs only
