They say that humans are almost as smart as most dolphins, and that's a sign that we are moving on up the ladder!
No fooling, those big fish are smart, and compassionate. For instance, take this pod (group) of Irish dolphins.
Last summer, they were out doing what dolphins do, swimming around, practicing jumping through imaginary hoops, making barky noises. But on this one certain day, they came up a swimmer who had been missing for 12 hours, and that meant twelve hours of bobbing and floating and hoping.
The dolphins did the best thing they could - they protectively surrounded him and attracted the attention of people with what the man needed most - a boat!
Ireland has the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), operated by volunteers. They came upon the man treading water because they saw the dolphins dancing around.
“At 20:30, the volunteer lifeboat crew with Fenit RNLI spotted a pod of dolphins and a head above the water about two-and-a-half miles of Castlegregory beach,” the RNLI said. “The casualty was conscious and immediately recovered onto the lifeboat and brought to Fenit Harbour to be taken to hospital.”
The man was not identified by name; the media was told only that was from County Londonderry and is in his 30s. Quite naturally, he was suffering from both hypothermia and exhaustion after bobbing around in frigid waters all that time. He was trying to swim to Mucklaghmore Rock, which is more than five miles from the beach he was enjoying.
Another fellow beachgoer noticed the clothing he left behind and notified authorities, who went right into action. Fenit RNLI’s Gerard O’Donnell said he and his group had been “scanning the water for any sign of movement and were worried with light fading that they would not find anyone.”
Call it a miracle, call it animals helping mankind, whatever you term it, the man was saved because some bottlenose dolphins took it upon themselves to call attention to a swimmer needing help.
Be nice if some of us could return the favor, huh?
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