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mitch96

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12. I recently saw a vid with a dolphin doing the same thing

Reply to MoonRiver (Original post)

Sun Nov 10, 2019, 04:53 PM

Nov 2019

Came right up to the diver and it was obvious that a hook and line were in the left flipper. It just stayed there while the diver took out the hook and line. When done the dolphin circled the diver and then took off.. I would like to thing it was a act of gratitude...
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Extraordinary footage shows manta ray appealing to diver for help ! [View all] MoonRiver Nov 2019 OP

Yes - they did GoneRonin Nov 2019 #1

Thank you for that! MoonRiver Nov 2019 #3

Marvelous, thanks! I couldn't see the video but found one on YouTube. Hortensis Nov 2019 #2

Awesome! MoonRiver Nov 2019 #4

Some creatures know who they can trust malaise Nov 2019 #5

Yes, probably many more than we will ever know. MoonRiver Nov 2019 #6

And some of the least trustworty are.... people. erronis Nov 2019 #8

+1,000 malaise Nov 2019 #11

Lovely! Wonderful! Karadeniz Nov 2019 #7

A few years ago my wife and I went on a dive trip to the Pacific and saw them Danascot Nov 2019 #9

Wow, I'm putting that experience in my bucket list! MoonRiver Nov 2019 #13

Beautiful! smirkymonkey Nov 2019 #10

I recently saw a vid with a dolphin doing the same thing mitch96 Nov 2019 #12

How awesome that these beings can trust humans, after all the harm we do to them. MoonRiver Nov 2019 #14

"after all the harm we do to them." mitch96 Nov 2019 #15