On Marco Island, Florida a group of dolphins came
to the aid of a lost Dog that had fallen into a canal
and couldn't get out. The dolphins made so much
noise, it attracted the attention of people living
nearby, who then rescued the dog. The Dog was
believed to have spent 15 hours in the canal water
before he was pulled out by fire personnel and
reunited with his owner.
One of the people whose attention was captured by
the noisy, demonstrative dolphins said, "They were
really putting up a ruckus, almost beaching
themselves on the sandbar over there. If it wasn't
for the dolphin, I would have never seen the
dog.” (Source: ABC7news) He said also if the
dolphins hadn't persisted enough to get their
attention, they dog would have died in the canal.
The dog had fallen over the edge of a concrete wall
down into the water far enough that it had no
chance of getting back up by itself. The dog was
exhausted from being in the cold water for hours,
and most likely suffering from hypothermia.
Dolphins have been known to sometimes help
stranded or injured people as well. In 2007, a pod
of dolphins formed a ring around a surfer who was
injured and bleeding after being bitten by a Great
White shark. The surfer survived because they
prevented further bites. No one knows exactly why
dolphins have intervened in such emergency
situations, and helped save the lives of other
species.
Suffice to say they are capable of empathy and
heroic actions.
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