Comments on: Beluga whale saved a stricken diver’s life by pushing her to the surface

By: Slugsie

Slugsie — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:38:31 +0000

An incredible story to be sure. But it does assuming we can attribute human motives to the whale.

Also, as a SCUBA diver I have to ask why on earth was there no safety divers on hand? I know 20ft doesn’t sound deep, until you are down there and stuck. Even with full SCUBA gear, it would be classed as an extreme dive due to the cold.

By: li

li — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:30:00 +0000

my sisters thesis was actually titled “when dolphins attack”. changed my perspective a bit! i can’t help but find that hilarious and think of hitch hikers guide to the galaxy.
it’s fascinating the animal even recognised what to do, if it was indeed trying to help. i quite like Geoff’s theory though…

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By: Geoff

Geoff — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:37:06 +0000

(Whalespeak) Hmm, that human looks tasty, I’ll wait until she stops moving and then see if I can eat her. Nope, too tough, I’ll just discard her on the surface, dont want her littering the bottom of my tank now do I?

By: Lilac

Lilac — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:33:54 +0000

and look what we as people do to animals in return…

By: Ms G

Ms G — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:00:39 +0000

Whether the animal really did it for saving purposes … that’s not clear ofcourse, but if it is a true story .. the diver will not bother too much about the why anymore .. It is ofcourse a dumb thing to do .. what those divers did. You kind of ask for death .. that’s the risk of that type of ‘game’.

I had heard about wild dolphins doing this some times. This is not a wild wale. Some train their animals to do stuff like this. Pushing people above the surface on the tip of their nose, that type of stuff.

By: ReliegiousMarie

ReliegiousMarie — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:36:46 +0000

I so LOVE Dolphins and Whales…how they look at you and observe and communicate when youre close…makes you shiver and realise they are probably alot wiser (then us) then we might think…

By: tash

tash — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:50:39 +0000

that is amazing but if i saw that coming towards me i think my first thought would be i would rather drown than be eaten by it.

By: Meriel

Meriel — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:10:05 +0000

Amazing!! and yet why not? – the human race could learn a thing or two from the animal kingdom.