[Darkling]

A group of swimmers has told how a pod of dolphins protected them from a great white shark off New Zealand's coast.

The lifeguards were training at a beach near Whangarei on the North Island when they were menaced by a 3-metre shark, before the dolphins raced in to help.

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[nih]

I take it this wasn't in Miami then. Those Dolphins couldn't race in to save the ball much less a swimmer.

[Darkling]

Originally Posted by nih

I take it this wasn't in Miami then. Those Dolphins couldn't race in to save the ball much less a swimmer.

Damn!

I was thinking that but I couldn't put it in a sentence.

[nih]

Sucks to be in my shadow huh.

[NiteFenix]

An elderly South African lady was not so lucky this past week.

[nih]

Originally Posted by NiteFenix

An elderly South African lady was not so lucky this past week.

She probably smelt of old fish. If I was an echo-location and scent-based creature I'd try to eat her rather than save her too.

[Darkling]

Originally Posted by nih

She probably smelt of old fish. If I was an echo-location and scent-based creature I'd try to eat her rather than save her too.

Eat her?

Save her?

What happened to hitting her?

[kall]

Watched the interviews with the lifeguards last night, sounds like it was quite the stressful experience.

One tried to swim away, but was herded back by the dolphins. Silly man.

Of course, after watching that Simpsons episode where the dolphins overthrow Man, I would have been a bit worried with the dolphins.

[nih]

Originally Posted by Darkling

Eat her?

Save her?

What happened to hitting her?

Don't be sick.

[Sparklechick]

and then the next day there was something on the news about two dolphins (they assume were the same ones from the previous day) were found dead - must have got caught up in some illegal fishing nets and someone had cuts their tails off.

Makes me pretty angry. I bet the dolphins will think twice about saving human lives after that incident.