SakshiHere Comes The Saviour
The conservationist saw a bottlenose dolphin called Moko coming towards the stranded whales. Moko was a very popular dolphin among the people. It used to come to the surface to play with the humans. Moko made its way straight to the whales and started assisting the rescuers. Juanita Symes explained “Moko just came flying through the water and pushed in between us and the whales, She got them to head towards the hill, where the channel is. It was an amazing experience. The best day of my life.” Dolphin apparently guided the whales towards the sea.
Were They Communicating?
It is believed that Moko and the whale were communicating with each other in their own way. The whale was perhaps conveying its fear to dolphin by blowing whistles. Mr. Smith said, “What the communication was, I do not know, and I was not aware dolphins could communicate with pygmy sperm whales, but something happened that allowed Moko to guide those two whales to safety.”
Moko
It was amazing as at the point when Mr. Smith and his team were contemplating on giving up on the whales, a dolphin came and changed everything. “It was looking like it was going to be a bad outcome for the whales, which was very disappointing, and then Moko just came along and fixed it. I pushed them out to sea two or three times, and they were very reluctant to move offshore.” Mr. Smith had decided that the only option now was left to kill the whales “I was starting to get cold and wet, and they were becoming tired. I was reaching the stage where I was thinking it’s about time to give up here, I’ve done as much as I can. I was close to putting them out of their misery.”
Talking In Their Own Language
Mr. Smith narrates the whole incident “The whales made contact with the dolphin, and she basically escorted them about 200 meters parallel with the beach, to the end of the sandbar. Then she did a right-angle turn through quite a narrow channel and escorted them out to sea.”She obviously gave them enough guidance to leave the area, because we haven’t seen them since. Moko returned to the beach soon afterward and resumed her water games with the locals. He continued “It was amazing. It was like she grabbed them by the flipper and led them to safety.”
Yet Endangered Species!
No doubt, along with being intelligent, dolphins are a very friendly creature. Though they have always come forward to help humans and other species some of this miraculous creature are facing endangerment thanks to the careless nature of humans. Those who fall into this endangered category includes New Zealand Maui dolphin, South Asian river dolphin, Amazon river dolphin and many more.
The Dolphins have displayed their altruistic character many times.