A video shows a pod of dolphins appearing just in time to rescue
a baby seal from being washed ashore. The seal had become
separated from its group and appeared unable to resist strong
ocean currents driving it away from deep waters to the
shoreline. It seemed all hope was lost when a pod of bottlenose
dolphins emerged from the blue haze of the ocean and rescued the
seal pup from peril. According to the Daily Mail, the video was
captured by a Canadian film crew shooting a documentary series
entitled "Return to Shark Island," for nature channel Oasis HD.
It shows the pod of dolphins swimming up to the weakened pup and
giving it much needed assistance by nudging it to safety.
Incidents of what appear "altruistic behavior" from the human
perspective have been recorded on several occasions among
dolphins and other higher social animals beside humans. The
Daily Mail reports that Lori Marino, a neuroscientist and senior
lecturer at the department of psychology, Emory University,
Atlanta, Georgia, who specializes in