... dolphin are our friends.
Posted on 11/08/2007 1:54:21 PM PST by Nachum
Surfer Todd Endris needed a miracle. The shark — a monster great white that came out of nowhere — had hit him three times, peeling the skin off his back and mauling his right leg to the bone.
That’s when a pod of bottlenose dolphins intervened, forming a protective ring around Endris, allowing him to get to shore, where quick first aid provided by a friend saved his life.
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... dolphin are our friends.
That sounds so ... final
They always got to stick their bottlenoses where they don’t belong.
So simple, and yet so funny. I'll have this mental image all evening.
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““Candygram....””
I’m just a prorpise m’am......
Only thing is, we have enough stories from other animals that attack human beings to get a fair number of ‘survivors’ tales.’ While whales and dolphins have been known to be playful and drag humans down in the water (we can’t hold our breath like they do but they may not understand that) dolphins are not known for attacking humans. I’m not saying there are no cases but dolphins are probably nicer to man than man is, if you understand my meaning.
People who intentionally hurt DOlphins (like some of the GD Japanese) should have their hearts pulled from their chests.
Not such a fan of dolphins, though. They have also been observed killing porpoises (who compared to dolphins are practically defenseless) to reduce competition for food since they both cover roughly the same ecological niche. Also, there are cases of apparent infanticide; polar bears also do this some times.
Still, dolphins protecting humans have been recorded for centuries, apparently article.
a). Personally don't consider animals, including dolphins to be fully sentient.
b). Suspect the human-rescuing is from some instinct that happens to be beneficial to humans rather than dolphins' attempt to 'help out.'
Damning Dolphins. :)
Go ahead...rub it in.
Especially any more than a chicken beheader or cattle slaughterer.
Find the attitude of some people who would seek death for their fellow humans because of a perceived injustice to animals which are not injustices, such as simply hunting them as a food source to be extremely disgusting.
Bottlenose life saving bump...
Only if they are eaten, with no part wasted. Just ripping out the hearts is wasteful.
You’re takin’ it way too seriously, my young Padawan. I’m just exaggerating to demonstrate my passion here.
I’m just saying, KNOWING WHAT WE KNOW NOW (not in eras past) about dolphins (or chimps) no one who is not starving should be eating or killing certain creatures. Some of the Japanese or any others simply have no reason to CONTINUE hunting them. They drag the sea for all of the other animal life, I’m thinking an intelligent, likely sentient mammal would be the ONE type of lifeform they could spare from their menus.
The reason we value human life isn’t JUST because we’re also human but because of the intelligence, compassion and capacity of our species. I don’t think it’s wrong to recognize and respect it in other species, even if they do not quite measure up to us.
My bad. That was so very un-green of me.
Definitely need to use all the good parts. Brains, earlobes,’sweetbreads,’ bones and all.
*rolls eyes*
I think he meant that in a “I could just kill (person who I don’t like)” way rather than literally. :p
Dolphins also seem to engage in some form of mating that resembles or IS rape.
That said, I don’t necessarily think it just ‘happens’ to be beneficial. Their behavior isn’t JUSt attacking predators that dolphins naturally have as enemies but other forms of assisting humans.
I don’t think it’s ‘mere instinct,’ not in the way people usually employ the term. No more than our own compassion is ‘mere instinct’ (though it certainly is something part of our evolutionary makeup.)
It could be a more rudimentary form of our own recognition of intelligence in other species...do dolphins lend a hand to other animals?
As opposed to massive temporal damage?
"Thanks for all the fish."
I’m surprised no one has suggested that Angels came into the Dolphins momentarily to protect this guy. If fallen angels can be sent into a herd of pigs, guardian Angels can come into Dolphins for a short stint ... I wonder why nobody ever suggests that angle?
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