Experts verify the truth of the story that `` dolphins save people attacked by sharks ''
Science news site Live Science summarizes the expert's story about the episode that dolphins helped humans from sharks, which is told in National Geographic's TV program '
I knew it was circling me': Man attacked by shark was waiting to die, then dolphins saved his life | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/animals/sharks/i-knew-it-was-circling-me-man-attacked-by-shark-was-waiting-to-die-then-dolphins-saved-his- life
One of National Geographic's shark specials, 'NatGeo Sharkfest,' includes 'Saved from a Shark,' a collection of testimonies from people who survived shark attacks. Martin Richardson, who appeared in this program, said that when he was attacked by a mako shark while swimming in the Red Sea in Egypt, he was bitten five times and had a lot of bleeding.
The moment Richardson prepared for death, a group of dolphins appeared behind him and the attack stopped. Mr. Richardson, who was later rescued by a ship and taken to a hospital and survived, said, ``I am convinced that the dolphin saved my life.''
However, according to Mike Heighthouse, a biologist at Florida International University, it is unlikely that dolphins intentionally saved Richardson's life. In this case, it is possible that a group of dolphins that sensed the presence of sharks threatened sharks to protect children's dolphins, and as a result Richardson was saved.
Mr. Heighthouse said in the program, 'Dolphins see blood spreading in the sea and know that sharks are nearby. So maybe they weren't trying to help Richardson.'
Another episode featured on the show is the case of Nan Hauser, director of the Cook Islands Cetacean Research Station in the South Pacific. He was approached by a humpback whale during a 2017 ocean survey. When Mr. Hauser, who was placed on the whale's head, looked under the sea for something, it seems that there was a shadow of a huge
Mr. Hauser looking at the sea.
“The whale looked at me and I knew it was trying to tell me something,” Hauser said. ”, he said.
But this, too, is likely a coincidence, says Heithouse. Because when Mr. Heighthouse confirmed Mr. Hauser's video, it showed the same behavior that whales take to protect their children.
In this way, Mr. Heighthouse believes that most of the cases where dolphins and whales helped humans are not altruistic reasons, but the result of trying to protect themselves and children. On the other hand, there are episodes that Mr. Heighthouse admits are special cases. A group of lifeguards swimming off the coast of New Zealand were surrounded by a pod of dolphins.
One of the lifeguards, Rob Howes, didn't understand why the dolphins were surrounding them at first, but suddenly a large male dolphin rushed at Mr. Howes, prompting a great white shark. I realized that I was being targeted by.
Mr. Howes on the beach with his daughter Nicky.
Mr. Heighthouse, who was interviewed by Live Science, said of Mr. Howes' testimony, 'This is one of the cases where dolphins really seem to protect humans.'
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