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"A Bunbury dolphin known as Chocolate has had a lucky escape after becoming stranded in shallow water in the upper reaches of the city&rsquo;s estuary. Local photographer Chris Tate said he spotted Chocolate by chance on Sunday morning while bird watching on his kayak. He paddled over and found that she was stuck in the mud and in distress. &ldquo;It was lucky I had my kayak because it was in a very remote and isolated spot which you could not have got to by boat,&rdquo; Mr Tate said. &ldquo;She was in distress, so I put a wet T-shirt on it to keep it wet.&rdquo; Mr Tate said it was also lucky that he had his mobile phone. He rang Bunbury&rsquo;s Dolphin Discovery Centre, which sent a team to assist with the rescue. It took several hours for them to carry the 200kg dolphin on a specially designed stretcher into deeper water where she was able to swim free. Chocolate is a regular visitor to the estuary. Staff from the discovery centre identified her from distinctive scars on her dorsal fin."
<https://thewest.com.au/news/regional/sweet-ending-for-stuck-chocolate-ng-b88377264z>