A dolphin washed up on the shore of Far Rockaway, Queens, Friday morning, rescuers said. As of 11:55 a.m., it was still alive, and rescuers from the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation were en route, said Rob DiGiovanni, the executive director and senior biologist of the Long Island-based organization.
The police said that the dolphin was spotted around 9:30 a.m. on the beach near the end of Beach 19th Street. Mr. DiGiovanni said that the dolphin was between four and six feet long and appeared to be either a common or bottlenose dolphin.
As dolphins are mammals and breathe air, they can survive for some time out of the water.
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