Dolphins save swimmers from great white shark!!
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Dolphins proved to a swimmerÂ’s best friend when they saved a group of swimmers from attack by a great white shark.
The amazing rescue took place at a beach near Whangarei on New ZealandÂ’s North Island when the swimmers were threatened by one of the oceanÂ’s most deadly predators.
Lifesavers Rob Howes, his 15-year-old daughter Niccy, Karina Cooper and Helen Slade were doing lifeguard training 100 meters (300 feet) off Ocean Beach when their frightening ordeal began.
Menaced by a 3 meter (9 feet) great white, a pod of dolphins raced immediately to their rescue. The seven animals surrounded the swimmers for 40 minutes until they could swim to safety.
Initially Howes and his group thought they were being attacked by the dolphins. He described how the dolphins began to herd them up, pushing the four of them together by doing tight circles around them.
He attempted to drift away from the group, but two of the bigger dolphins herded him back. Just then he spotted a 3 meter great white shark swimming towards the group.
The shark, he said, was only about 2 meters (6 feet) from him and he recoiled at the sight of the mighty predator. It was then he realized the dolphins, far from attacking them, were trying to keep them from harm.
For a full 40 anxious minutes their dolphin friends formed a protective barrier around the swimmers, as the shark lurked menacingly beneath the surface. The dolphins slapped the water with their tails to scare off the great white.
Howes and his group said they were in no doubt that the dolphins were trying to protect them.
Dolphin experts say that the creatures are known to attack sharks to protect themselves and their young, so they could have sensed the dangers the hapless swimmers were in and moved in to protect them.
It wouldn't have been the first time dolphins have been hailed for saving humans from a shark. In Greek mythology, the writer Herodotus tells how Arion a musician was saved by the sea creatures after sailors had thrown him from their ship. The dolphins carried him back to land on their backs, according to the legend.
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nice one....
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wow nice.
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Must be a superb experience.
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Maybe internet slow?Originally posted by FireIce:2004?
now then mention?
Maybe.
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Its a pity that human beings do not reciprocate the act in return.
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how abt give the dolphin a nice unforgetable sexOriginally posted by MingFreeman:Its a pity that human beings do not reciprocate the act in return. -
no lar his comp laggingOriginally posted by charlize:Maybe internet slow?
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hahahahahahaOriginally posted by Rika Ishikawa:how abt give the dolphin a nice unforgetable sex -
"Great white shark saves swimmers from giant squid"
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nice story.
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lol... nice story.. but it's very ironic.. dophins save humans but humans r killing them.. lol..how nice of humans.. lol..
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Human... haiz. Human is the most vicious species in the planet Earth. They will kill each others for their own gain, let alone other animals.Originally posted by blahshit:lol... nice story.. but it's very ironic.. dophins save humans but humans r killing them.. lol..how nice of humans.. lol..
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the dolphin land on the boat one.. i think that is a blur dolphin.. normally they jump out from the water and splash back inside (a lot of painting of dolphin show them in this position)
then this one jump out then like OMG HOW COME GOT ONE BIG BOAT BLOCKING MY PATH then smash land on the stupid boat.
-_- lucky the dolphin managed to bounce back into the water n survived..
poor human but then again the number humans dolphins save n entertain in water parks cannot be compared to the one person on the boat that the dolphin accidentally bump into..
i love how sharks are scared of dolphins and jelly fish are scared of sharks.. o.0
kinda. lol a country once tried to remove all the sharks from near its beaches so pple could swim safely. after that, jelly fish multiplied like mad and nobody could swim cos u would get stung by the jelly fish. they eventually stopped their shark killing and let the natural food chain take over cos after removing sharks, nobody would be there to eat the jellyfish. -
haha just wondering but 3metres is awfully small for a great white shark
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shark got young n short deOriginally posted by WhamBamTyMam:haha just wondering but 3metres is awfully small for a great white shark not all large n old -
bikini bottom?
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dolphin....super heroes... thankful to them
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forum lag??Originally posted by FireIce:2004?
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lag 3 yearsOriginally posted by cyberr1981:forum lag?? -
A most heart-warming account..........