Dolphin weighing over 900 pounds jumps from water, lands on fishermen’s boat: “Just like lightning striking”
A quiet fishing trip turned into a “carnival” of three New Zealand men when a dolphin weighing more than 900 pounds seemed to fall from the sky and then crashed on their boat.
No one was seriously injured at 11 feet Bottleneck dolphin Dean Harrison, owner of the nearly 16-foot boat, said he jumped on the convertible boat on Friday.
Harrison and two companions fished near the caves of the rock, a picturesque place on the far north coast of New Zealand’s North Island, while dolphins frolicked in front. These men saw a shadow in the brilliant summer sun and heard the prosperity of the almighty-before the chaos unfolded.
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“This decision to jump on the boat and say hello,” Harrison said. “It was all good for a minute, and then like lightning, we had a big dolphin struggling around and breaking everything.”
Harrison said the creature’s FL bullet broke “every fishing rod we have on the boat” and severely damaged the bow when the three men were stuck on the side of the boat. A man suffered a minor injury to his arm and the teenage male dolphin flew over his back and shoulders, but none of the three fishermen and dolphins were injured.
However, thanks to the size of the three, returning majestic creatures to the sea is not an option.
“We looked at the dolphin that was still alive and breathing, and we thought we had to start taking care of him and figure out what to do,” Harrison said. “Because he was trapped on the boat now, he came to take the car.”
The men were reminded by New Zealand’s Conservancy Agency and were pointed to a boat ramp an hour away where workers waited to help the dolphins. On the way, the trio used a hose to use a damp towel to prevent the creature from wetting and protect it from sunlight, and depicted the players of the All Black Rugby team.
Onshore, members of the local Maori tribe pray for the dolphins before returning to the ocean using a tractor. The assistant gave this 2-3-year-old creature a name: Tohu, which means “signature” in Maori.
Tohu is now also the name of Dean Harrison’s ship.
“The dolphins have to swim, we walked away, we all have a story to tell,” he said. “It’s a great ending in situations where it might be very different.”
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Large marine life appeared on board before.
Last year, a whale jumped out of the water on the coast of New Hampshire Capsize a boat And two fishermen were sent to fly into the ocean. Two nearby teenagers, one record video During the incident, they immediately carried out rescue.
August 2022, a big one The Marco shark jumped out of the water and landed on the deck of a fishing boat near the coast of Maine. About a month ago, a woman was Killed by a 100-pound sail fish This jumped out of the water and attacked her when her companions tried to get involved in a boat near the Florida coast.
