During a recent dolphin-watching excursion, Dave Anderson of DolphinSafari.com, spotted an adult dolphin carrying a deceased calf on her back. “This video sends a powerful message about how much a dolphin can care; it is a window into a dolphin’s heart,” Anderson said in a statement. “We can only imagine what happened; over half of all bottlenose calves die from disease and predators before their second birthday, and since we know that the family unit in dolphin pods is the mother and calf, this is almost certainly a mother and calf pair.”