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- BUSINESS, Page 89Business NotesRESORTSDeath of the Dolphins
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- From the moment Hyatt's fantasy-filled $360 million Regency
- Waikoloa hotel opened on Hawaii last year, one of its most
- popular attractions was a high-tech lagoon containing eight
- bottle-nosed dolphins. Guests signed up for 30-minute sessions
- of cavorting with the gregarious 300-lb. mammals. Then tragedy
- struck: two of the dolphins suddenly died, prompting speculation
- that their demise might have been caused by abuse or infection
- from human playmates.
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- Last week an autopsy report disclosed that the dolphins had
- suffered lethal doses of food poisoning from eating fish
- contaminated by naturally occurring marine toxins. The fish had
- invaded the dolphins' domain through inlets connecting the
- lagoon to the ocean. The inlets have now been sealed to protect
- the surviving dolphins.
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