Dolphin dies in aerial collision

A dolphin has died after colliding with another dolphin while performing aerial tricks at a US marine park।Sharkey, a 30-year-old dolphin, died after the accident on Saturday at the Discovery Cove park - a sister property to Sea World in Orlando, Florida about 30 visitors were standing in a lagoon while the dolphins did tricks, but something went amiss when the two mammals leapt from the water and collided mid-air.The second dolphin did not appear to have been injured, but was being monitored, Discovery Cove spokeswoman Becca Bides said today."This is a very unfortunate and very rare incident," Bides said.It was the first accidental death of a dolphin since the park opened eight years ago.Located across from SeaWorld, Discovery Cove offers visitors the opportunity to swim with dolphins, rays and tropical fish.Park officials are reviewing their dolphin training protocol "to ensure that even such a random incident like this can't occur again," Bides said.