Figure 1. Gross appearance of senile and cachectic specimens.

(A): Female juvenile specimen of Steno bredanensis that had been undergoing a consumptive process, showing severe emaciation characterised by the protuberance of the axial bones (arrowheads). (B): Female senile specimen of Stenella frontalis (Case N. 10) that had not been undergoing consumptive process, showing a moderate to good external body condition. Older Atlantic spotted dolphins were identified mainly by their spot pattern (as the animals age, spots develop on both the ventral and dorsal surfaces).