Dolphin asks divers for help.

[Evans, Marv]

A dolphin with a hook & line enbedded in a pectoral fin asks divers for help. I thought this would be on here but don't see it. It was featured on a local news station. The interesting part starts around 3 min. 50 sec.

Amazing video: Dolphin in trouble asks divers for help - San Diego, California News Station - KFMB Channel 8 - cbs8.com

[billybek]

Cool!

[GH85Carrera]

Totally cool.

That is no dumb animal. It knew only humans could fix the problem. It had to suppress the fear and ask for help.

[Mark Henry]

And yet there are many who will argue, till blue in the face, that man are the only sentient beings on this earth.

[911_Dude]

Cool. Way to go, representing the Humans.

[Rtrorkt]

That is such a great video. Really gives pause regarding what we are doing to this planet.

[Baz]

Wow.....great story. Chalk one up for the homosapiens.

Thanks Marv!

[motion]

Originally Posted by rtrorkt

that is such a great video. Really gives pause regarding what we are doing to this planet.

+1

[vash]

we have any Sante Fe pelicans that can adopt that maltipoo for my wife ??

adjacent story..

i need to save the dolphin video for later..my computer sucks.

[genrex]

Thanks, Marv.

It seemed like the scuba divers were talking with each other as they were helping the dolphin. I wonder if we have the technology to do that.

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[porsche4life]

If they have on full face masks.... We most certainly do

[Evans, Marv]

There were several things that blew me away on this video. I've heard/read dolphins supposedly have larger brains than we do. That could maybe be associated with having to process the huge amount of echo info they receive continually process.
First the dolphin had to figure out it could be helped by these beings. Second, as said before, it had to overcome some amount of fear to approach the divers. Third was the amount of patience it had to hold position while the diver worked on the line. And fourth, and maybe the most significant thing was how it appeared to correctly respond to the hand signals of the diver. It looked like it actually responded correctly to the diver motioning for it to change position and roll over. I just found it amazing that an apparently wild dolphin could do so many inovative things in an attempt to solve its problem.

[RWebb]

Dolphins often help humans, including co-fishing with them.

They are smart - if a space alien looked at brain size, brain size as a ratio with body weight, or the anatomical complexity of the brain, the conclusion would be dolphins 1st, humans, 2nd.

[scottmandue]

Don't know if this is true or urban legend...

Heard a story of a bunch of people diving with dolphins...

One dolphin singled out one of the divers and kept bumping him in the chest with his nose, the guy later found out he had lung cancer.

[Tobra]

Originally Posted by Mark Henry

And yet there are many who will argue, till blue in the face, that man are the only sentient beings on this earth.

I must be living a sheltered existence. I have never heard anyone make that argument.

Dolphins are plenty smart. Smart as people I would argue, just short on thumbs.

[Laneco]

Originally Posted by Evans, Marv

There were several things that blew me away on this video. I've heard/read dolphins supposedly have larger brains than we do. That could maybe be associated with having to process the huge amount of echo info they receive continually process.
First the dolphin had to figure out it could be helped by these beings. Second, as said before, it had to overcome some amount of fear to approach the divers. Third was the amount of patience it had to hold position while the diver worked on the line. And fourth, and maybe the most significant thing was how it appeared to correctly respond to the hand signals of the diver. It looked like it actually responded correctly to the diver motioning for it to change position and roll over. I just found it amazing that an apparently wild dolphin could do so many inovative things in an attempt to solve its problem.

+1. Not only overcoming the fear, but the pain. There is no way that was a comfortable procedure. But the dolphin came back repeatedly for the poking, prodding, prying, etc. In my humble opinion, this is intelligence on a reasoning level.

angela

[scottmandue]

For balance, Orcas sink boats and kill people... just sayin

[sammyg2]

Originally Posted by Mark Henry

And yet there are many who will argue, till blue in the face, that man are the only sentient beings on this earth.

Sentient? Man?
LOL Haven't been to PARF lately, have ya?

[M.D. Holloway]

Well that would tell me that the Orca is smarter than the Dolphin! Man, for the most part (save the video) is a pretty poor earth partner. We shoot all sorts of animals for sport and food, I can see another animal doing that to us. Quid pro quo...

[sammyg2]

Originally Posted by Evans, Marv

There were several things that blew me away on this video. I've heard/read dolphins supposedly have larger brains than we do. That could maybe be associated with having to process the huge amount of echo info they receive continually process.
First the dolphin had to figure out it could be helped by these beings. Second, as said before, it had to overcome some amount of fear to approach the divers. Third was the amount of patience it had to hold position while the diver worked on the line. And fourth, and maybe the most significant thing was how it appeared to correctly respond to the hand signals of the diver. It looked like it actually responded correctly to the diver motioning for it to change position and roll over. I just found it amazing that an apparently wild dolphin could do so many inovative things in an attempt to solve its problem.

I'm having trouble believing that the average dolphin swimming around the ocean can do those things, on porpoise. (sorry. Can't help myself).

I'm thinking that was someone's pet flipper that was set free or something like that. Trained.