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 was captured by the noisy, demonstrative
dolphins said, "They were really putting up a ruckus, almost beaching
themselves on 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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