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Fig. 5

From: A case study of monofilament line entanglement in a common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus): entanglement, disentanglement, and subsequent death

Fig. 5

a Cranial view of the hook embedded into the dolphin’s laryngeal opening (goosebeak), with fishing line extended cranially. b Hook insertion on the left lateral side of the goosebeak with a linear, partially healed esophageal mucosal laceration demonstrating the path of the hook through soft tissues, and the eye of the hook causing tissue erosion dorsally

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