Whale Save Drowning Diver

[ucfgrad93]

A beluga whale saved a drowning diver by hoisting her to the surface, carrying her leg in its mouth.

Terrified Yang Yun thought she was going to die when her legs were paralyzed by crippling cramps in arctic temperatures. Competitors had to sink to the bottom of an aquarium's 20-foot arctic pool and stay there for as long as possible with the beluga whales at Polar Land in Harbin, north east China.

But when Yun, 26, tried to head to the surface she struggled to move her legs.

Wow, an amazing story.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,535263,00.html

 

[wfoster]

Wow - that really is amazing. Thank you for finding the article.

 

[Unspoken Demise]

I wonder how it knew she needed assistance. Smart whale!

 

[Gregg2]

Here's another whale of a story:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/12/14/MNGNKG7Q0V1.DTL

 

[mscriv]

Whales and dolphins are so smart. My family went to SeaWorld a few weeks ago when the in-laws were in town and they were amazing to watch. The best part was when we went to the dolphin feeding pool for the kids. My wife was at the edge shooting video of the kids feeding the animals. This dolphin comes up and she doesn't see it. It follows her every move, I'm assuming because it thought she had fish. Well, after a minute the dolphin realizes she doesn't have any fish. I literally watched the animal make a face of frustration, duck under the water, come back up, and purposefully spray/spit water all over her then turn and swim away. It was one of the funniest things I've ever seen. She never saw it coming.

 

[pelicanflip]

Whales and dolphins are so smart. My family went to SeaWorld a few weeks ago when the in-laws were in town and they were amazing to watch. The best part was when we went to the dolphin feeding pool for the kids. My wife was at the edge shooting video of the kids feeding the animals. This dolphin comes up and she doesn't see it. It follows her every move, I'm assuming because it thought she had fish. Well, after a minute the dolphin realizes she doesn't have any fish. I literally watched the animal make a face of frustration, duck under the water, come back up, and purposefully spray/spit water all over her then turn and swim away. It was one of the funniest things I've ever seen. She never saw it coming.

Aww, haha, dolphins are such crafty little buggers. I thought dolphins were smarter than whales though.

I remember on one episode of MythBusters, they were testing to see if the prescence of dolphins actually stops sharks from attacking their prey.

They baited great white sharks with a seal-shaped lure, and within five seconds, a great white shark devoured it.

Then they put in a animatronic replica of a dolphin with the lure, and for some reason, the sharks backed off and stayed a safe distance away from the lure.

Then they replaced the seal bait with actual bait, and the results were the same, the sharks backed off.


Go dolphins

 

[ejb190]

Amazing story, yes. But a situation that should never have happened. This was a free diving contest at an aquarium? What where the safety divers doing? Picking their noses? Cold water diving is not something to be taken lightly. I know. I dive Lake Michigan in the early Spring a couple times a year.

 

[Keebler]

Whales and dolphins are so smart. My family went to SeaWorld a few weeks ago when the in-laws were in town and they were amazing to watch. The best part was when we went to the dolphin feeding pool for the kids. My wife was at the edge shooting video of the kids feeding the animals. This dolphin comes up and she doesn't see it. It follows her every move, I'm assuming because it thought she had fish. Well, after a minute the dolphin realizes she doesn't have any fish. I literally watched the animal make a face of frustration, duck under the water, come back up, and purposefully spray/spit water all over her then turn and swim away. It was one of the funniest things I've ever seen. She never saw it coming.

that's awesome. you need to post video of that!

 

[spaceboots06]

Impressive!!!