Posted on 11/29/2004 9:48:28 AM PST by 4kevin
(You should read the article from last week first... )
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Wellington - New Zealand fishermen may have killed two of the dolphins that recently helped protect swimmers from a Great White shark attack, lifeguards said at the weekend.
Two dolphins were found dead in a river in Whangarei Harbour, on North Island, said animal protection officer Jim Boyd.
Officials believe they may have been mutilated by criminals poaching fish.
Lifeguard Rob Howes said he feared the two dolphins may have been part of the pod that ganged up to protect swimmers from a circling Great White.
"This is how we repay them for their help," he said.
How do they know which that these were teo of the dolphins involved?
Pure supposition.
There are several stories of downed US naval aviators in the Pacific in WW II who had to shoot dolphins who were pushing their life rafts ashore..unfortunately towards Japanese occupied islands..The pilots preferred to wait for rescue by US subs
hmm smart enough to corale a bunch of human swimmers, bold enough to face a great white, blind enough to miss fishing nets?
yes i know those nets can be tricky. But even a dog will figure out..lots of fish + human boat + dead dolphins = bust out
No good deed goes unpunished. Seriously, though, how do they know? What makes them think they "may" be the same ones?
Ahhh...but they might have been Japanese dolphins trying to take them prisoner.
Didn't think of that did you!
Then within 2 weeks dolphins, "probably from the same pod!" (how would we have any idea of that) are found murdered by the same evil species that the dolphins so nobly saved.
This is an allegorical tale fit for Aesop's fables. I hate to call it a fable without any proof, but it just doesn't pass the smell test. Pardon the obvious pun, but something smells fishy!
JH
Ahhh...but they might have been Japanese dolphins trying to take them prisoner.
Didn't think of that did you!
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You guys are too much.
It's obviously well "over the yardarm" where ever you are..(g).regards..
Whew......you said it. Heartbreaking. Just heartbreaking.
Hmm, sounds kind of like US Soldiers helping Iraqis only to be ambushed days later by the same animals.
You can tell by markings around the head. If you've ever seen dolphins up close, you can tell them apart. All they'd need is the people who the dolphins rescued to come and identify them. I've seen tons of dolphins up close - you can tell. Of course...doesn't mean they are just saying they are the ones, but if they had people there who'd seen them before, then there's far less doubt.
They were wearing "I saved a human and all I got was this stupid t-shirt"... pretty easy really.
Well, one thing is for sure. My tuna fish sandwich does not taste as good, since they stopped using dolphin.
The guy in this article who claims "they may have been part of the pod" is the same guy that claims the dolphins saved him.
So first, with no evidence, he claims that dolphins saved his life and the lives of his daughters and two friends.
Two weeks later, he claims that some dolphins killed in fishing nets "may have been those very same dolphins."
Then, in this article, he states that “whoever mutilated the dolphins should be castrated for indiscriminate murder.”
He also makes it clear that he hopes the story will lead to a “public outcry against the use of nets.”
I’m smelling setup from day one.
DEFINITELY George Bush's fault.
Why would dolphins "protect" anyone but their own?I can't give you an answer as to why dolphins would protect humans, but myths and legends abound from various peoples (especially maritime societies) throughout recorded history of dolphins saving people adrift in the ocean by bringing them to shore.
They weren't protecting the people, they were keeping food away from their enemy.
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