The Superhero Dolphin Who Helps Save Lives

Superheroes come in all shapes and sizes... and apparently, some even come dolphin-shaped. Recently, off the coast of New Zealand, a bottle-nosed dolphin named Moko put aside her so-called animal instincts to rescue two members of a completely different species, the pygmy whale. The amazing Moko — well-known along this stretch of coastline in northern New Zealand — guided a stranded pygmy whale and her calf to the edge of a sandbar, then negotiated a tricky righthand turn through a narrow channel to lead them to open waters. Note that biologists were about to put the pair out of their misery. This may be the first recorded instance of a non-human species rescuing another species. Moko, well done. Well done my friend.