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A pod of dolphins circled protectively around four people swimming 300 feet off a New Zealand beach to fend off an attack by a great white shark, according to a report Tuesday by the New Zealand Press Association. The four were swimming when several dolphins began herding them by doing tight circles around them. When one swimmer, Rob Howes, tried to drift away, one of the larger dolphins herded him back. It was then that Howes spotted a 9-foot great white shark swimming toward the pod. "I just recoiled. It was only about 2 meters away from me, the water was crystal clear and it was as clear as the nose on my face," Howes said. "They had corralled us to protect us." If the report is accurate -- and a spokeswoman for the environmental group Orca Research says the behavior fits these marine mammals -- then dolphins are treating us with a lot more respect than we're treating them these days.
yeah no shit. the rate we're going they'll all be gone in like 20 year. sad! :cry:
A pod of dolphins circled protectively around four people swimming 300 feet off a New Zealand beach to fend off an attack by a great white shark, according to a report Tuesday by the New Zealand Press Association. The four were swimming when several dolphins began herding them by doing tight circles around them. When one swimmer, Rob Howes, tried to drift away, one of the larger dolphins herded him back. It was then that Howes spotted a 9-foot great white shark swimming toward the pod. "I just recoiled. It was only about 2 meters away from me, the water was crystal clear and it was as clear as the nose on my face," Howes said. "They had corralled us to protect us." If the report is accurate -- and a spokeswoman for the environmental group Orca Research says the behavior fits these marine mammals -- then dolphins are treating us with a lot more respect than we're treating them these days.
yeah no shit. the rate we're going they'll all be gone in like 20 year. sad! :cry:
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