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Hoku the dolphin leapt into the air Sunday during a celebration of his 17th birthday at the Kahala Hotel & Resort. Hoku -- one of six Atlantic bottlenose dolphins that live at the resort -- was born in the lagoons there.

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Resort guests took pictures of Hoku.

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Trainer Courtney Morrow served up a special dolphinized "cake" made of herring and sardines.

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Guests such as 8-year-old Miranda Corral enjoyed the more traditional kind of cake.