Two temporary residents arrived in Israel by air last night from Austria, smeared with lanolin and lying on stretchers. They were Fritz, a 650-pound male dolphin, and Tivie, a female whose weight was not disclosed. They took up residence today at the Tel Aviv dolphinarium nearing completion on the seashore between Tel Aviv and Jaffa.
The dolphins were imported to help train five others recently captured in the Red Sea by dolphinarium teams and due to be shipped from Eilat to Tel Aviv in a temperature-controlled truck next week.
According to the trainer who accompanied the two visitors from Austria, they took the air trip quite well despite the 20-hour journey, twice as long as the acceptable stay out of water. The imported pair will be returned to Europe in a few months.
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