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A significant challenge to general anesthesia in dolphins is the impact of gravity on a species that evolved in a buoyant ocean environment. For this reason, Ridgway would perform surgical approaches to the dolphin ear in a partially suspended state—a surgical table‐tank. The water in the surgical table‐tank was also heated to assist with thermoregulation of core body temperature (Image courtesy of the U.S. Navy's Marine Mammal Program).
