Dolphins saves stuck whales
In New Zealand or any other areas for that matter, dolphins usually swim next to humans or play with each other. This time, they decided to do something different, a story that will make us smile and think about these adorable creatures.
People sawMoko, a bottlenose dolphin swim to two stranded whales and guiding them back to safety.
According to a New Zealand Conservation Department worker, twowhales - a mother and her calf - were stranded off off Mahia Beach, rescuers trying for more than an hour to get them to safety. Workers were even thinking about euthanizing them, to prevent a prolonged death.
“They kept getting disorientated and stranding again,” said Smith, who was among the rescuers. “They obviously couldn’t find their way back past (the sandbar) to the sea.”
But help came from Moko. It approached the two whales and lead them along the beach and through a channel out to the open sea.
“Moko just came flying through the water and pushed in between us and the whales,” Juanita Symes, another rescuer, told the Associated Press. “She got them to head toward the hill, where the channel is. It was an amazing experience.”
The gesture is even more surprizing since, according to rescuers, it was the first inter-species helping technique they have seen.
source: National Geographic, photo
Filed under: News on March 12th, 2008
Too cool. People often remark on the intelligence of dolphins, I never cease to be amazed by these fabulous creatures!
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What an amazing, and caring gesture…The dolphin saw the situation, assessed it, and solved it…then implemented the plan!
Don’t underestimate them! Nature is wonderful!
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You have got to give animals credit where credit is due…Animals are often much more intelligent than we could ever know, realize or understand…
What an amazing, and caring gesture…The dolphin saw the situation, assessed it, and solved it…then implemented the plan!
Don’t underestimate them! Nature is wonderful!
Kimberly Edwards
http://ExoticAnimalLover.com
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This is a truely amazing stuff. I love reading your article.
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