Engaging Volume - 200 Most Fun Animal Stories

Author: Qu Shenghui
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Publish Date: 2006-03-01
Features: In people's minds, dolphins have always been a mysterious animal. However, what probably interests people the most about dolphins is their brave and selfless behavior of saving others. There are countless beautiful legends in history about dolphins rescuing people. As early as the 5th century BC, the ancient Greek historian Herodotus recorded a remarkable story of a dolphin saving a person. Once, the musician Ariaon was returning to Corinth in Greece by boat with a large amount of money. During the voyage, the sailors intended to rob and kill him. Seeing the danger, Ariaon asked the sailors to promise him to play his last song in life, and after finishing, he jumped into the embrace of the sea. Just as his life was, a dolphin swam over, carrying the musician and taking him all the way to the Peloponnese Peninsula. Although this story has been for a long time, many people still find it hard to believe. In 1949, the wife of a lawyer in Florida, USA, revealed her extraordinary experience of being saved from drowning at sea in the Natural History magazine: while swimming at a beach, she suddenly found herself caught in an underwater current and was hit by wave after wave. Just as she was about to lose consciousness, a dolphin quickly swam over, gave her a sharp push with its beak, and then pushed her again and again until she was pushed to shallow water. After regaining consciousness, she looked around to see who had saved her. However, the beach was empty, with only a dolphin playing in the water near the shore. In recent years, there have been more and more similar reports, indicating that the legend of dolphins saving people is not just people's imagination. Dolphins not only push drowning people to the shore but also act bravely and come to the rescue when they encounter sharks attacking humans. In the summer of 1959, the "Leo Atherton" passenger ship exploded and sank in the Caribbean Sea, with many passengers struggling in the turbulent water. To make matters worse, a group of sharks gathered around, and it seemed as if everyone was about to be devoured. At this critical moment, a group of dolphins suddenly appeared like "heavenly soldiers and divine generals," charging at the greedy sharks and driving away those sea demons, ensuring the stranded passengers were out of danger.