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A 50-year-old bottlenose<\/a> dolphin found dead in a coastal North Carolina creek was starving due to something \u201cincredibly painful\u201d stuck in its throat, researchers discovered.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSo, you know dolphin eat fish … Have you ever wondered whether dolphins accidentally swallow fish that still have fishing lures attached? Unfortunately, it does happen,\u201d the N.C. Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores wrote in a Facebook post.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the N.C. Aquarium Marine Mammal Stranding Team … performed a necropsy, they discovered a fishing lure lodged in the dolphin\u2019s throat, which must have been incredibly painful. It\u2019s an important reminder to be mindful of your fishing gear.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 9.5 foot male was pulled from Blounts Creek in June and the necropsy also detected multiple signs of infection, suggesting a bacterial disease, according to N.C. Marine Mammal Stranding Coordinator Victoria G. Thayer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe stomach chambers were empty, likely because the fishing lure was blocking passage of any prey items,\u201d Thayer said in an email.<\/p>\n

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Bottlenose dolphins can live up to 60 years<\/a> and are a protected species in the Western North Atlantic, according to NOAA Fisheries. Common threats include biotoxins, chemical contaminants, disease, and fishing gear entanglements, experts say.<\/p>\n

Blounts Creek \u201cis a swampy, brackish<\/a>\u201d waterway in Beaufort County that flows into the Pamlico River, the Southern Environmental Law Center reports.<\/p>\n

Beaufort County is about a 120-mile drive southeast from downtown Raleigh.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published July 6, 2026 at 12:54 PM<\/span> with the headline “\u2018Incredibly painful\u2019 item was stuck in dead dolphin\u2019s throat, NC researchers find.” <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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