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Nov 25, 2004

"Man has always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much -- the wheel, New York, wars and so on -- while all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins have always believed that they were far more intelligent than man ... for precisely the same reason." --Douglas Adams

Saved By Dolphins

At a beach near Whangarei in New Zealand, a group of swimmers were being trained as lifeguards when a menacing 10 foot shark attacked them! Just as they started to panic, a group of about half of dozen dolphins came in to protect them and stayed for about 40 minutes until the swimmers were out of danger. Marine biologists say such altruistic behaviour is not uncommon in dolphins, considered the smartest mammal.