On Mar 12, 1:05*pm, Osvald Hotz De Baar
wrote:
On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:33:17 +0000, wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/7291501.stm

Much more intelligent than we give them credit for.

That's a lovely story and goes to show yet again animals deserve more
credit than we give them.

Now all we need do is try and get that in the thick skulls of the
garden gnomes who think fishing is fun.

Would it be too smart arse to point out that dolphins are not fish?
What about pointing out that most of your cross post was off topic?

NZ dolphin rescues beached whales
A dolphin has come to the rescue of two whales which had become
stranded on a beach in New Zealand.
Conservation officer Malcolm Smith told the BBC that he and a group of
other people had tried in vain for an hour and a half to get the
whales to sea.

The pygmy sperm whales had repeatedly beached, and both they and the
humans were tired and set to give up, he said.

But then the dolphin appeared, communicated with the whales, and led
them to safety.

The bottlenose dolphin, called Moko by local residents, is well known
for playing with swimmers off Mahia beach on the east coast of the
North Island.

Mr Smith said that just when his team was flagging, the dolphin showed
up and made straight for them.
"I don't speak whale and I don't speak dolphin," Mr Smith told the
BBC, "but there was obviously something that went on because the two
whales changed their attitude from being quite distressed to following
the dolphin quite willingly and directly along the beach and straight
out to sea."

He added: "The dolphin did what we had failed to do. It was all over
in a matter of minutes."

Back at play

Mr Smith said he felt fortunate to have witnessed the extraordinary
event, and was delighted for the whales, as in the past he has had to
put down animals which have become beached.

He said that the whales have not been seen since, but that the dolphin
had returned to its usual practice of playing with swimmers in the
bay.
"I shouldn't do this I know, we are meant to remain scientific," Mr
Smith said, "but I actually went into the water with the dolphin and
gave it a pat afterwards because she really did save the day."

Story from BBC NEWS:http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/h...ic/7291501.stm

Published: 2008/03/12 11:31:33 GMT