On a cold day sixteen years ago, a months old bottlenose dolphin calf was entangled by a crab trap. Thanks to a quick thinking fisherman notifying rescuers, the animal was eventually freed from the strangling ropes and taken to the Clearwater Marine Aquarium for recovery. The constriction of blood flow to her tail led to the loss of her flukes and marked the beginning of an extraordinary tale of survival and perseverance by a small cetacean the world would eventually come to know thanks to a Hollywood film.