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3 Stories of Dolphin Saviors

posted by Annie B. Bond Aug 25, 2008 8:30 pm
3 Stories of Dolphin Saviors
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In June 1971, Yvonne Vladislavich was sailing on a yacht in the middle of the Indian Ocean when suddenly the craft exploded. She was thrown clear but the vessel sank and she was left completely stranded. Far from the shipping lanes, there was no hope of rescue. Terrified, she treaded water, awaiting certain death. Then she saw three dolphins approach her. To her astonishment, one of them swam underneath her and buoyed her up with his own large body. Gratefully she held on to the dolphin’s sleek, smooth body. The other two dolphins swam in circles around her to protect her from sharks.

The dolphins carried and protected her through the warm waters for many hours until they arrived at a marker-buoy floating at sea. They left her on the buoy and she was soon picked up by a passing ship.

It was calculated from the position of the buoy and the position of her yacht when it exploded, that the dolphins had carried her and kept her alive through 200 miles of dangerous seas.

International Dolphin Watch
Bill, a resident of Oxford, England, had suffered from clinical depression for more than 10 years. Horace Dobbs, who runs International Dolphin Watch, decided to take Bill out in a boat off the Pembrokeshire coast to see if watching dolphins would have a positive effect on the man. A dolphin swam right up to Bill, although there were 20 other people in the boat.

Communicating with this creature began to lift his depression. “I felt wanted for the first time,” Bill said. “There were no questions asked.” The dolphin stayed with Bill. “The message I received was, ‘I need you and you need me. Let’s share our lonely worlds together.’”

Bill was so impressed with the experience that he decided to swim with another dolphin off the coast of Ireland. Bill now returns to swim with that dolphin every year.

Dolphins’ Comprehension
Dolphins understand the difference between play and a serious situation. Once, the crew of the boat Aquanaut had to give up its plan to practice lifesaving techniques in the ocean because a playful, happy dolphin kept interrupting the activities.

Later in the day when a member of the boating party got into serious trouble, the dolphin gently supported the man on the surface and helped a crew member tow him to the diving ladder. But that was not the end of the dolphin’s concern. The dolphin swam alongside the ship and watched quietly until he could see that the man had recovered.

“Perhaps, in some way, I owe my gold medals to the dolphins. In their trusting and playful way, they taught me the subtleties of swimming technique.”
–Olympic gold medalist Matt Biondi, who swims with the dolphins

Adapted from Random Acts of Kindness by Animals by Stephanie LaLand (Conari Press, 2008).

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Tammy G.

Thats amasing

Carmen Caruso

I was watching the National Geographic channel today. The series "Evolutions" is amazing. They explained that compared to their body mass, dolphins have large developed brains indicating a high intelligence. When I watched the brutal massacre on these creatures by the Japanese, I cried. It was so horrifying and sickening. It MUST STOP!!

jerie j.

I truely believe that dolphins and whales do have a conection or bond to us. If only we could be as in touch with nature, what a wonderful world this would be.

Denika Ellsworth

I Love Dolphins and i''l do anything that i can if it helps them stay alive

Redentor M.

If we are fascinated by this amazing Dolphins who saved peoples lives, well how about Our LORD JESUS who had given up his own life just to save our Souls!THINK ABOUT IT...animal stories of saving lives are only REMINDERS of what's going to happen in the future if we want to survive!

Apolonia P.

AMAZING and fascinating!!

Adriana Ochoa

Everything in life is: life expressing itself. Dolphins are talking to us as mirrors of our own capacities, we just need to stop and observe. We humans do have two speech centers. In the left hemisphere the Brocca area and in the right the Meulemans area. We just need to understand this and develop the capacity to use both.

There is always hope for humanity.

Lorraine M.

Dolphins may bring hope to humatity!!! I hope the human population will change so that all of the Earth's creatures can live in their habitats' without suffering from our laziness, negligence and ignorance.

Teresa Feeney-lyssimachou

Dolphins have speech centres in both hemispheres of their brains. We humans only have one speech centre. Makes you wonder, doesn't it?

Carina E.

Dolphins are smart, sentient beings with beautiful souls, as these stories prove. I have always been fascinated with them, ever since childhood. Thanks Anne, for inspiring me to learn more about them.

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