Why do dolphins rescue people

Making the story even more unique, the fisherman is also an official dolphin warden who promotes dolphin and whale shark watching as a tourist attraction in his town. Did dolphins save injured diver? Dolphins save boaters in tsunami — Thailand Chris Cruz, a scuba diving instructor and trip leader was out at sea, just off of Khao Lak, north of Phuket in Thailand, with diving crews when the tsunami hit.

He says he was saved because he followed dolphins to safety. Dolphins save swimmers from shark — New Zealand Dolphins surround a group of swimmers protecting them from a nearby great white shark, preventing an attack. Three dolphins rescue tourist from sharks - Gulf of Akaba A British tourist is shielded by a group of dolphins during a shark attack.

Dolphins to the rescue -- again! Dolphins to the rescue — New Zealand In Whangarei Harbour in New Zealand in , fifty pilot whales attempted to beach themselves. Government officials tried to encourage the whales back into the sea but unfortunately failed. The officials went out on speedboats and guided a passing group of dolphins back into the harbour.

When they arrived, the dolphins seemed to see the plight the whales were in and guided the whales toward open water. Dick Van Dyke: Pod of porpoises saved me from death after I fell asleep on my surfboard Date not specified — Virginia As a youth, actor Dick Van Dyke was rescued by porpoises after falling asleep on his surfboard and drifting out to sea.

At first he thought he was surrounded by sharks, but they turned out to be porpoises, and they pushed him all the way back to shore. Dolphins saved my life Date not specified — South Carolina A young girl was taken for the ride of her life on the back of a dolphin, keeping her away from a nearby shark.

Yvonne M. It touched the side of my hip and, thinking it must be a shark, I moved over to the right to try to get away from it. This change in my position was to my advantage as heretofore I was bucking a cross tide and the waves would wash over my head and I would swallow a great deal of water.

This sea animal which I knew by this time must be a porpoise had guided me so that I was being carried with the tide. I moved over to give room to my companion and later knew that had not the porpoise done this, I would have been going downstream to deeper and faster moving waters. The porpoise had guided me to the section where the water was the most shallow.

Shortly I touched what felt like fish netting to my feet. It was seaweed and under that the glorious and most welcome bottom. As I turned toward shore, stumbling, losing balance, and saying a prayer of thanks, my rescuer took off like a streak on down the channel.

Saved from drowning by a dolphin — Florida In the wife of a well-known trial attorney residing in Florida was saved from drowning by a dolphin. He told the Northern Advocate newspaper that he also had a clear sighting of the shark. Although the incident happened on October 30, the swimmers have only just spoken of their rescue.

Ingrid Visser, of Orca Research, an environmental group, said the dolphins' behaviour was understandable, as they attack sharks to protect themselves and their young, and similar incidents had been reported round the world. Dolphins save swimmers from shark. Topics Science Dolphins Cetaceans. Now, this whole situation is a tad ridiculous, but it isn't entirely fictitious.

In reality, dolphins have saved humans on many occasions. In two sort of similar incidents, one in and one in , pods of dolphins circled imperiled surfers for over thirty minutes in order to ward off aggressive great white sharks. And in , a fourteen year old boy fell off a boat in the Adriatic Sea and nearly drowned before being rescued by a friendly dolphin.

The marine mammal swam up alongside the boy and pushed him back to the boat from which he had fallen, where the boy's father promptly scooped him up.