BANGKOK: An orphaned dugong in the care of Thai veterinarians died, less than a week after the loss of another calf which had become a social media darling for its human-friendly antics.
Jamil, a male dugong about four months old, was found washed ashore in the southern province of Krabi on July 1 with abrasions on his body, and had been kept under close watch in an enclosed pond at the Phuket Marine Biological Centre.
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