How Moko the dolphin gave humans a masterclass in saving stranded whales
March 13, 2008 by shurford
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Moko the dolphin had already won over humans at Mahia Beach, where she plays with swimmers in the New Zealand surf and pushes kayaks along with her snout. Now the friendly bottle-nosed has shown her empathy for other species, by saving two whales from almost certain death after they became stranded. Human attempts to guide the two pygmy sperm whales through a narrow escape route from the beach had consistently failed, and all seemed lost until the dolphin intervened. Moko, a regular visitor to Mahia Beach on the east side of North Island, appeared to communicate with the whales before guiding the whales 200m along the beach and once they reached the end of the sand bar, Moko turned a right angle through a narrow channel and led the whales to safety. |
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