Day at Brazilian Beach Turns Into Amazing Dolphin Rescue Mission
- Posted on March 9, 2012 at 6:38am by
Liz Klimas
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It’s been quite a year for beaching of dolphins thus far with Cape Code rescuers working for nearly a month to save the stranded aquatic mammals washing up on its Massachusetts’ shore and last month several carcasses littered a long stretch of beach in Peru.
(Related: Why are hundreds of dolphins dead on Peruvian beaches?)
The latest dolphin stranding comes from Brazil where local beachgoers help save them, dragging the pod back into deeper water. Watch this footage:
Clip of the rescue posted on YouTube has gone viral with more than half a million hits. The Telegraph reports that the dolphins were stranding themselves on a beach 100 miles north of Rio de Janeiro.
See the dolphins coming in closer to the shoreline in the distance.
Dolphins begin beaching themselves.
You can hear the scared dolphins in the footage squeaking their discontent.
Onlookers were first unsure what to do about the dolphins.
Soon beachgoers began flocking to the dolphins' rescue.
One by one the dolphins were pulled back out into deeper water.
Check out the full footage, which starts with what looks like a normal day at the beach and turns into a rescue mission (Note: If you look closely, you can see the pod coming in at a distance):
While it is unclear what caused these dolphins drive themselves into shallow water, Katie Moore for the International Fund for Animal Welfare spoke last month about the Cape Cod dolphin strandings saying that due to their social nature, when one or a couple dolphins swim to shore for “whatever reason” many more may follow.
Reports state that about 30 dolphins were brought back into the water during the rescue in Brazil.
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RamonPreston
Posted on March 10, 2012 at 12:38pmLikely they are sick from eating smaller fish in the food chain that ingested the radiation infected algae from the Japan incident. What makes you think returning them to the ocean will keep them from dieing?
Report Post »jarasan
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 11:43pmHuman nature exposed.
Report Post »dwms02
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 11:07pmThese oceanic (deep water) dolphins beached themselves at Arraial do Cabo, Brazil after being injured by a violent earthquake along the Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge. They were suffering barosinusitis. The injury destroyed their sense of direction and their ability to dive and feed themselves.
http://www.deafwhale.com/seaquake_solution/2012/brazil_dolphins_march.htm
For the real reason dolphins beach, see: http://www.deafwhale.com/seaquake_solution/
Capt. David Williams
Report Post »Deafwhale Society, Inc. (The only marine conservation group in the world dedicated solely to solving the centuries-old mystery of why whales beach themselves.)
Apple Bite
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 4:09pmLibs would have stood there and blamed Republicans and Drilling for Oil for them dying….
Report Post »NeoFan
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 1:24pmMy guess is that its the open sewers flowing out into the ocean from Brazil that led to these fish getting confused. Same thing seems to be happening to the OWS crowd.
Report Post »Publius
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 12:31pmWould be interesting to have an electromagnetic or sonic analyzer in the water to see if there are any military or other submerged emitters confusing the dolphins.
Report Post »GrayPanther
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 11:21amMaybe the “pod” got word the Obama’s were on another vacation in Peru and they wanted a close up look at the family.
Report Post »TexOkie
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:30amGood for all of those who helped get these dolphins back into the water.
Too bad these Brazilians can help all those Americans stranded on the beach of “Hope and Change”.
Report Post »expatinontariocanada
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:06amPennys in heaven for all those who helped…
Report Post »ObserverOnTheHill
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 7:37amDamn !!! I had to pay $ 120 to swim w/ the dolphins. These lucky beachgoers got to do so for free.
Report Post »ObserverOnTheHill
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 7:35amGood to see man returning the favor for all the good deeds these beautiful mammals have done for people.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:54amMmmmmm… Dolphin :Q
Report Post »grannyrecipe
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 7:03amThey were all male dolphins, after hearing about Brazilian beachwear they just wanted to have a little look-see!
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:46amBeen to a few Brazilian beaches when I went down to Rio a couple times for Carnival back in the ‘70’ (stationed with Army in Central America). Dolphins ain’t dumb… so you may be right.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 7:03amSolar Flares… disrupt the Earth’s MF… causing the Dolphin’s internal guidence system to misdirect!
Report Post »Emrys
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:53amHonest to God, you may be right. I teach my students that various energy forms disrupt others (such as microwave fade, caused by too many microwaves in the atmosphere interfering with television waves and affecting the viewing for people with old antennaes and no cable). It is entirely possible, I suppose.
Report Post »Stevsea
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:07amGood guess Luke.
Report Post »Seawolf
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 11:28amOr it could have been that big Orca chasing them. lol
Report Post »ThePostman
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 6:51amNot a single thong at that beach.
What? Was there something about dolphins?
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