Thursday, March 13, 2008

New Zealand Dolphin Rescues Beached Whales


The things that we don't know in this world always astounds me. Everyday, I am humbled at the goodness in this world. I am humbled at my own lack of understanding. I am humbled by the silent ones that work so quietly behind the scenes helping others and asking for no attention or credit. The more I learn, the less I know.





Here is a beautiful story sure to touch your heart!
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A dolphin has come to the rescue of two whales which had become stranded on a beach in New Zealand.

Conservation officer Malcolm Smith told the BBC that he and a group of other people had tried in vain for an hour and a half to get the whales to sea.

The pygmy sperm whales had repeatedly beached, and both they and the humans were tired and set to give up, he said.

But then the dolphin appeared, communicated with the whales, and led them to safety.

The bottlenose dolphin, called Moko by local residents, is well known for playing with swimmers off Mahia beach on the east coast of the North Island.

Mr Smith said that just when his team was flagging, the dolphin showed up and made straight for them.
"I don't speak whale and I don't speak dolphin," Mr Smith told the BBC, "but there was obviously something that went on because the two whales changed their attitude from being
quite distressed to following the dolphin quite willingly and directly along the beach and straight out to sea."
He added: "The dolphin did what we had failed to do. It was all over in a matter of minutes."
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Mr Smith said he felt fortunate to have witnessed the extraordinary event, and was delighted for the whales, as in the past he has had to put down animals which have become beached.

He said that the whales have not been seen since, but that the dolphin had returned to its usual practice of playing with swimmers in the bay.

"I shouldn't do this I know, we are meant to remain scientific," Mr Smith said, "but I actually went into the water with the dolphin and gave it a pat afterwards because she really did save the day."
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Peace,
Tammy

4 comments:

Heather Buchanan said...

That's a beautiful and amazing story! Thanks so much for sharing. It's wonderful to know that completely beautiful things happen without any human involvement.

Although, I don't know... maybe the whales and dolphins are conspiring towards some sort of revolution...

capitolagirl said...

What a great story!

ThePeachTree said...

Tammy, what a wonderful story :) I'm so happy that you shared it!

Beki - TheRustedChain said...

How wonderful!!!