Saving a whale

[Ranald]

I have just been sent this link, and had NO hesitation in passing it on to you essrs

It almost brought a tear of joy to my eyes.

Ranald

[Glesgalass]

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That was amazing Ranald. Thank you.

Elda

[Marie]

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Thanks Ranald, this reminds me of where I grew up.

[Lizzie]

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That was beautiful! That whale was saying thank you, thank you, thank you! I remember reading an article about a similar rescue by three divers. On release the whale swam several circles around in a state of great exhileration and then came back to gentle nudge each diver as if saying thank you. We underestimate these beautiful creatures. Thanks, Ranald. Really enjoyed it.

[Ranald]

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Hi Liz, yes I remember the story, but cannot find the original link.

Two links I tried have an jumping up and down advert which cannot be stopped.... yes I tried,so be very careful if you are doing a search.

Here is one link, which I think gives most of the story, and perhaps a little bit 'more' - I did not try any of the links.

http://bonniesbooks.blogspot.com/201...thank-you.html

Ranald

[1938 Observer]

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That was beautiful! That whale was saying thank you, thank you, thank you! I remember reading an article about a similar rescue by three divers. On release the whale swam several circles around in a state of great exhileration and then came back to gentle nudge each diver as if saying thank you. We underestimate these beautiful creatures. Thanks, Ranald. Really enjoyed it.

Lizzie...
I tried Youtube to see if I could find your "three divers rescue", no luck :confused:

but I did manage to come up with another one on an "Animal Helper" :cool:

Dolphin saves whales in New Zealand

Two whales in new Zealand appeared doomed as they kept on beaching themselves. But rescuers got a little helping hand from a friendly dolphin

Hero dolphin saves stranded mother and baby whales facing death on New Zealand beachBy RICHARD SHEARS
Last updated at 09:42 13 March 2008

Comments (0) Add to My Stories Time was running out for the mother whale and her calf as they lay beached on a sandbank.
Wildlife volunteers had tried four times to drag them into deeper water but four times they came back.
In such circumstances, stricken whales are often humanely killed to end further suffering.
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Playful: Moko with a swimmer off Mahia, New Zealand
But then up bobbed Moko the dolphin - a playful creature familiar to bathers off the east coast of New Zealand's North Island.
In an astonishing display of communication between species, she and the whales were heard to call to one another before she led the 12ft pygmy sperm whale and her 4ft male calf out to open sea.
"I never cease to be amazed by some wondrous events in the animal world, but this beats them all," said Malcolm Smith from the New Zealand Conservation Department.
"Moko is a real heroine because there is absolutely no doubt she learned of the whales' plight through some kind of telepathy and then got them out of trouble."
Mr Smith and his team had raced to the beach at Mahia, near Gisborne, after receiving reports about the stranded whales.
The group managed to get a sling under the distressed animals and haul them off the sand bar but they became disorientated and kept returning.
"It seems they were reluctant to move off shore, fearing they would become trapped on the sand bar, but they were in just as much danger being so close to the beach," said Mr Smith.
"I was starting to get cold and wet and they were becoming tired.
I was at the stage where I was thinking it was about time to give up - I'd done as much as I could."
To the disbelief of Mr Smith and his team, they then heard different sounds from beneath the water and suddenly realised it was the whales returning Moko's contact call.
"There's no other explanation for it. Within no time, we could see Moko turning and then we watched open-mouthed as the whales began following her away from the beach.
"She escorted them for about 200 metres parallel with the beach to the edge of the sand bar.
"Then she did a right-angle turn through quite a narrow channel, which the whales would not have found on their own, and led them out to sea.
"We haven't seen the whales since.
"Just what that communication was between them I don't know. In fact I was not even aware that dolphins could communicate with pygmy sperm whales, but that is obviously what happened today."


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1RIzLtCXm


A dolphin nicknamed Pelorus Jack was famous for leading ships through a dangerous channel in New Zealand's Pelorus Sound.
For more than 30 years from 1871, Jack was a welcome sight to captains but one day a drunken passenger fired at him and he disappeared for two weeks.
When he appeared again, apparently none the worse for wear, he never swam with that ship again and six years later it was wrecked in the passage with great loss of life

[1938 Observer]

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This is about "Pelorus Jack" ..........a dolphin that "Saved" ships.


The story of Pelorus Jack


Pelorus Jack, a Risso’s dolphin (uncommon in New Zealand) that accompanied ships travelling between Wellington and Nelson, was the first dolphin in the world to be protected by law. He was so named because he would meet boats at the entrance to Pelorus Sound, in the Marlborough Sounds. First noticed in 1888 when he joined a steamer bound for Nelson, Pelorus Jack spent the next 24 years escorting boats from Pelorus Sound to treacherous French Pass, a narrow stretch of water between D’Urville Island and the mainland, where the water surges through at up to 8 knots.

To read the full story and watch original film clips just go to the link :cool:


http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/dolphins/5/2

[Marie]

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Thanks Gorden for posting This.

We had Dolphins in the River behind our house.

I enjoyed seeing them.:D

[Lizzie]

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Thanks , Gordon. Much appreciated as these stories are so uplifting. I sit here with a big grin thinking I have found some kindred spirits - batty animal lovers like myself. :wink: Not much wrong with that. Some in human species could learn from the ethics of some in the animal world.

[1938 Observer]

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Thanks , Gordon. Much appreciated as these stories are so uplifting. I sit here with a big grin thinking I have found some kindred spirits - batty animal lovers like myself. :wink: Not much wrong with that. Some in human species could learn from the ethics of some in the animal world.

Lizzie !!

Here are a couple of videos to warm your heart, we don't have any bigger dogs at the moment, but we do have 2 chihuahuas, brother and sister, now 14 years old in March just passed [they have never been apart]......................Now for the story :cool:

Charity the Chihuahua (hit by car)

Charity the Chihuahua gets her wheelchair

Charity has a new wheelchair and a new home in Seattle, Washington with a fabulous adopter named Cinnamon. Thank you everyone for your support! From, Jon and Sherri and PoochHeaven Rescue and www.savedogsonline.com.

Hope you do not use too many tissues

Gordon. :redrose::angelic:

[Lizzie]

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No hankies but lots of AWs!!! Thanks, Gordon. Lovely.