Wellington - A friendly dolphin saved two pygmy sperm whales stranded off a New Zealand beach, steering them out to sea, according to a Conservation Department worker quoted in a news report on Wednesday. "It was amazing," Malcolm Smith said. "It was like she grabbed them by the flipper and led them to safety." He said he had worked for over an hour off Mahia, on the east coast of the North Island on Monday,trying to refloat the mother whale and her one-year-old male calf. After four unsuccessful attempts, he feared they would have to be euthanised. Smith said the whales were getting tired and he was getting cold when a dolphin who regularly plays off the beach, called Moko by local residents, turned up, the New Zealand Press Association reported. "The whales were sitting on the surface of the water quite distressed, they had arched their backs and were calling to one another, but as soon as the dolphin turned up they submerged into the water and followed her," Smith said. Two different species yet they're able to get along! If sea creatures can do this why can't we? ( ^ _ ^ ) Truly amazing!
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I agree. Whales and dolphins are both awesome creatures! It's a real treat to see them in the wild, too. Saw dolphin for the first time last April in Malibu, and saw a whale for the first time off the Oregon Coast last July. Unforgettable experience, both.
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Sort of makes you consider that humans do not have a monopoly on "humanity" doesn't it?
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I love to hear things like that. We should take a lesson from that. I saw a video on you tube that a leopard had killed a primate and the primate had baby with it that he leopard had not seen and instead of the leopard killing it, it took care of it and watched over it. If I can find the video I will add it to this answer. Here is the video that I was talking about. Watch it all the way through. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceQr90C0Em0
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WAY COOL! who will now say that only humans can show compassion?
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Okay, I hate to be the party-pooper here ... but everybody re-read the last paragraph, please. It says that when the dolphin showed up, the whales followed her. That is not necessarily a "rescue," my friends. Especially since that dolphin ALWAYS played near that beach -- so it wasn't as if the dolphin was there JUST because the whales called out. Don't get me wrong, I think this is a great story and I'm glad the whales are okay .... but portraying this as a "rescue" on the dolphin's part is just a bit over the top. .
