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A DOLPHIN calf found drowning in a tidal pool in Thailand is on the road to recovery after being lovingly cared for.

The Irrawaddy calf – sick and too weak to swim – was spotted by fishermen, who alerted marine experts, and taken to a specialist centre in Rayong.

Nicknamed Paradon, which roughly translates into “brotherly burden”, the dolphin was put in a seawater pool, treated for a lung infection, and watched round the clock by volunteers.

He had to be held up in his tank and fed milk through a tube.

Vet Thanaphan Chomchuen said: “We said among ourselves that the chance of him surviving was quite low, judging from his condition. Normally, dolphins found stranded on the shore are usually in such a terrible condition. The chances that these dolphins would survive are normally very, very slim.

“But we gave him our best try on that day.”

A month after being rescued, Paradon's condition is improving.

Believed to be between four and six months old, he can swim again and has no signs of infection, though he is still weak and does not drink enough milk despite being fed every 20 minutes. SHIPS crept

Thippunyar Thipjuntar, down a the 32-year-old financial middle of the adviser, is one of those Yangtze on volunteering to babysit Friday after Paradon. China’s

She said with his round driest baby face and curved summer in mouth that looks like a six decades smile, she could not help left one of but grow attached to him. the mightiest

“He does not eat rivers barely enough but rather just half its wants to play. I am worried normal width that he does not receive and set off a enough nutrition,” she told scramble to The Associated Press as contain the she fed the sleepy damage to a Paradon cradled in her weak arm.