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Dolphin Appears to Guide Whales to Sea


By RAY LILLEY
The Associated Press
Thursday, March 13, 2008; 7:39 AM

WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Most days, Moko the bottlenosed dolphin swims playfully with humans at a New Zealand beach. But this week, it seems, Moko found his mojo. Witnesses described Wednesday how they saw the dolphin swim up to two stranded whales and guide them to safety.

Before Moko arrived, rescue workers had been working for more than an hour to get two pygmy sperm whales, a mother and her calf, back out to sea after they were stranded Monday off Mahia Beach, said Conservation Department worker Malcolm Smith.

But Smith said the whales restranded themselves four times on a sandbar slightly out to sea from the beach, about 300 miles northeast of the capital, Wellington. It looked likely they would have to be euthanized to prevent a prolonged death, he said.

"They kept getting disorientated and stranding again," said Smith, who was among the rescuers. "They obviously couldn't find their way back past (the sandbar) to the sea."

Then along came Moko, who approached the whales and appeared to lead them as they swam 200 yards along the beach and through a channel out to the open sea.

"Moko just came flying through the water and pushed in between us and the whales," Juanita Symes, another rescuer, told The Associated Press. "She got them to head toward the hill, where the channel is. It was an amazing experience."

Anton van Helden, a marine mammals expert at New Zealand's national museum, Te Papa Tongarewa, said the reports of Moko's rescue were "fantastic" but believable because the dolphins have "a great capacity for altruistic activities."

These included evidence of dolphins protecting people lost at sea, and their playfulness with other animals.

"But it's the first time I've heard of an inter-species refloating technique. I think that's wonderful," said van Helden, who was not involved in the rescue but spoke afterward to Smith.

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These included evidence of dolphins protecting people lost at sea,

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This is why I hate dolphins. They aid in overpopulation, while Tigers are just trying to get things back in balance.

Go Tigers!!!

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George Costanza saved a whale once. He removed a golf ball from the great beasts blowhole.

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Pigs? Are smarter than Gorillas??

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Pigs? Are smarter than Gorillas??

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The top 3 are Dolphins, Apes, and then pigs .

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"A mind is a terrible thing to waste."

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I'm incredulous that you make such a post without acknowledging this article that came out to-fucking-day, but nevertheless:

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Dolphin Appears to Guide Whales to Sea


By RAY LILLEY
The Associated Press
Thursday, March 13, 2008; 7:39 AM

WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Most days, Moko the bottlenosed dolphin swims playfully with humans at a New Zealand beach. But this week, it seems, Moko found his mojo. Witnesses described Wednesday how they saw the dolphin swim up to two stranded whales and guide them to safety.

Before Moko arrived, rescue workers had been working for more than an hour to get two pygmy sperm whales, a mother and her calf, back out to sea after they were stranded Monday off Mahia Beach, said Conservation Department worker Malcolm Smith.

But Smith said the whales restranded themselves four times on a sandbar slightly out to sea from the beach, about 300 miles northeast of the capital, Wellington. It looked likely they would have to be euthanized to prevent a prolonged death, he said.

"They kept getting disorientated and stranding again," said Smith, who was among the rescuers. "They obviously couldn't find their way back past (the sandbar) to the sea."

Then along came Moko, who approached the whales and appeared to lead them as they swam 200 yards along the beach and through a channel out to the open sea.

"Moko just came flying through the water and pushed in between us and the whales," Juanita Symes, another rescuer, told The Associated Press. "She got them to head toward the hill, where the channel is. It was an amazing experience."

Anton van Helden, a marine mammals expert at New Zealand's national museum, Te Papa Tongarewa, said the reports of Moko's rescue were "fantastic" but believable because the dolphins have "a great capacity for altruistic activities."

These included evidence of dolphins protecting people lost at sea, and their playfulness with other animals.

"But it's the first time I've heard of an inter-species refloating technique. I think that's wonderful," said van Helden, who was not involved in the rescue but spoke afterward to Smith.

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Pigs? Are smarter than Gorillas??

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The top 3 are Dolphins, Apes, and then pigs.

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4th on the list is the walrus, they are really bright animals, its why they made it into a beatles songs, lennon long admired them for their intelligence.

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"But it's the first time I've heard of an inter-species refloating technique. I think that's wonderful," said van Helden, who was not involved in the rescue but spoke afterward to Smith.

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Yeah...apart from all those thousands of times members of one species (Humans) have helped refloat another species (namely beached Whales), I guess.

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The top 3 are Dolphins, Apes, and then pigs.

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Ironically, a manatee in the Bellagio fountain takes his bets...

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Ironically, a manatee in the Bellagio fountain takes his bets...

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Gypsy?

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Gypsy has a fanboi!





Who would'a thunk it??

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Pay him NO mind