"Despite its strange fins, this dolphin continues to socialize within its group, swimming, jumping, playing, and interacting with one another. The scientific coordinator and president of the Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute, Alexandros Frantzis, conveyed this information."

Cetaceans, including marine mammals such as whales and dolphins, have developed special front limbs with a greater number of phalanges or finger bones than other mammals.