Dolphins Help Save Dog from Drowning

On Marco Island, Florida a group of
dolphins came to the aid of a lost
Doberman that had fallen into a canal and couldn't get out. The dolphins made so much noise, it attracted the attention of people living nearby, who then rescued the dog. The Doberman was believed to have spent 15 hours in the canal water before he was pulled out by fire personnel and reunited with his owner.

One of the people whose attention wascaptured by the noisy, demonstrative
dolphins said, "They were really putting up a ruckus, almost beaching themselveson the sandbar over there. If it wasn't
for the dolphin, I would have never
seen the dog.” (Source: ABC7news) He said also if the dolphins hadn't persisted enough to get their attention, they dog
would have died in the canal. The dog had fallen over the edge of a concrete wall down into the water far enough that it had no chance of getting back up by itself. The dog was exhausted from being in the cold water for hours, and most likely suffering from hypothermia.

Dolphins have been known to
sometimes help stranded or injured people as well. In 2007, a pod of dolphins formed a ring around a surfer who was injured and bleeding after being bitten by a Great White shark. The surfer survived because they prevented
further bites. No one knows exactly why dolphins have intervened in such emergency situations, and helped save the lives of other species. Suffice to say they are capable of empathy and heroic
actions.

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