You probably heard many stories of dolphins
saving people from drowning. But the story you’re about to hear right now really boggles
your mind. It`s a story about a scuba diver lady who was in great danger of being eaten
by a tiger shark. But luckily for her she was approached by
a whale. So here is story of a diver and a whale. Nan Hauser has been a diver for a very long
time. For 28 years she s been diving with whales. Apart from being a diver, Nan is also
biologist. She did a lot of good for the environment. Thanks to her help a wide region in the Bahamas
became a whale reserve. One of Nan`s recent dives didn’t go very well. It was one of
the most frightening cases over the course of her career. One day took a trip near the Cook Islands.
She was up for a dive. Already a few minutes after she went into water, she noticed a massive
figure approaching her from the depth of the waters. The figure turned out to be a humpback
whale. Just so you know, these guys weight about 20 ton, on average, they are 14 meters
in length. That’s quite remarkable, isn`t it? I mean, that`s a huge fish. But it wasn’t
the size that seemed menacing to Nan, it was the whale`s behavior. Humpback whales are normally friendly and
they don`t usually do any harm to humans. So Nan wasn’t scared at first. The only
thing that confused her was the mammal`s strange behavior. However, she got pretty frightened
when the whale came pretty clo se to her. In her researches, Nan Hauser tries to avoid
the direct contact with whales, apart from those times when they need help. Like when
they’re ill or brought ashore. But this case was different. Instead of swimming past
her, the whale came very close to Nan. It came so close, the diver ended up right o
it`s head. After that, the whale took the lady under it`s fin. And one time he even
lifted her above water. The interaction lasted for about ten minutes
but Nan thought it took ages. Nan was equipped with a wetsuit and flippers. All she had was
a mask and tube. So she was seriously afraid that something bad might happen to her. The
boat crew couldn’t handle the situation, it was totally out of their control. First
of all, how do you deal with a 30 ton giant? Second of all, apparently the crew was busy
shooting a video. They thought everything was going according to plan. They didn’t
realize that the whale`s behavior was disturbing. Nan couldn’t let herself panic. The stakes
were too high. Although luckily, soo enough everything went back to normal. Turned out the lady and the whale weren`t
the only ones involved in the drama that was happening. Nan noticed another whale from
afar. It was moving pretty quickly constantly hitting it`s against the water. When Nan had
a chance to take a breather, she noticed yet another figure approaching. She thought it
was another whale but it wasn’t a whale, it was a tiger shark - one of the most dangerous
dwellers of the ocean. That moment Nan realized she was in great danger. Finally, by the Grace of God, Nan managed
to climb aboard. All her limbs were intact. She was right as rain. When Nan calmed down
she finally realized the true motives of the whales. Turned out they were trying to protect
her. It was quite obvious from the footage. The first whale was acting as if Nan was it`s
offspring. It was trying to hide here from the shark. At the same time, the second whale
was trying to scare off the shark. The diver lady was well aware of such behavior
but it was mostly about dolphins and even walruses. This was certainly something new
for Nan. She hopes that the footage they made will help people better understand whales
and see how compassionate and caring they can be. Perhaps, people have a lot to learn
from whales. What do you think guys? Should we learn from these gigantic creatures? I
really do think they know better. Another interesting incident happened to Adam
Walker. The man grew up in Great Britain and he always adored all kinds of sports. He used
to play cricket and rugby in high school. His brother was also into sports. And their
dad was always very supportive and would come to all their games. Unfortunately, Adam had
a bad knew and back injury and couldn`t continue his professional career. But the athlete spirit
didn`t let Adam stop. He found his way out through swimming. After Adam graduated from the university,
he decided to do what his whole family was doing. He started working in an insurance
company. He was very diligent and dedicated; those qualities let him develop his professional
career quite a bit. But he always felt like there was something missing in his life. In 2006, together with his family, Adam went
to Australia for holydays. On the plane, he saw one very interesting film. It`s called
"On a Clear Day You Can See Forever". It tells a story of a man who lost his job and out
of frustration decided to swim across the English channel. Adam got very inspired and
decided to do exactly the same. And so his training began. Before Adam made the decision to cross the
channel, all his life revolved around work. He knew that he needs to work on his stamina.
He had to prepare himself both physically and psychologically. Cold water and strong
currents is what made the task so difficult. Apart from that, Adam had to learn how to
avoid dangerous underwater dwellers that could easily swallow the guy. So planning and training
took quite a while. On the 14th of July Adam finally crossed the
channel. Bud man it was hard. He got sick because of the cold water and tore a biceps
tendon. But he knew there was no way back so he just kept on going. Adam said that he
felt like he was locked in a washing machine. To tell the truth, Adam wasn`t particularly
pleased with his accomplishment so he set himself another goal straight away. Next objective
was to cross the Gibraltar. The water was warmer and there was less distance. Finally, on the 5th of July 2011, Adam reached
his second big goal. He was the first Englishman to accomplish this task.
While training, Adam heard about a long-distance marathon called oceans seven and decided to
take part in it. He was very determined to do all seven locations. But something really
scary happened to Adam when he was crossing the Cook strait. On the 22nd of April in 2014, Adam started
the swim. The Cook strait is known to be unpredictable and dangerous. Adam had GPS on him so that
the people ashore could track his movements. Adam spend over seven hours in cold water.
He started to worry about the temperature. But the next moment he totally forgot that
he water was cold because he saw an approaching shark fin. He quickly forgot the cold and
focused the attention on the shark. Adam knew about the sharks but he wasn`t ready for such
close encounter. He started to panic and even thought that
it was all over for him. But then he saw a pack of dolphins coming from each side. Dolphins
immediately put him at ease. They didn`t let the shark come near Adam. But he still wasn`t
entirely certain that this will help him avoid the predator.
Adam was training for this moment for way too long and it was too late to stop. The
dolphins were protecting him so he just kept on going. He later said that the dolphins
seemed like they were having fun at first. But then they followed him for the next hour
until the shark went away. It was a magical site to behold. 10 dolphins
around a single man. It was almost like they participated in some kind of dance. They were
almost touching Adam with their fins. Not many people knew that there was actually a
dangerous shark nearby that would eat Adam alive if it wasn`t for dolphins.
It is still unclear what were the dolphins intentions. They could have been just having
fun but tat the same time they might have been protecting Adam from the shark. The swimmer
tends to believe the later. Adam said that he crossed the cook strait
in 8 hours 36 minutes. But that didn`t matter to him as much as the feelings he experienced
throughout the swim. He said that swimming with dolphins for an hour was the best part.
He likes to think that they were guiding and protecting him. That swim was certainly the
one to remember. And here is another one interesting case.
In 2003, wildlife filmmaker Hardy Jones did a documentary about dolphins. They were shooting
not far from Japan. Hardy said that that time he had an unpleasant
encounter with a hammerhead shark that was following him ready to swallow poor Hardy
any moment. Something very unusual was captured on video
that time. The dolphins were acting pretty strange from the start but then things got
much weirder. All of a sudden, one of the Dolphins rushed towards the shark, two other
dolphins did the same thing straight away. Hardy had a hunch that the dolphins were trying
to protect him from the shark. They were circling around the creature telling it to go away,
which is what it did eventually. Thanks to dolphins, Hardy was safe and sound! That’s all for now you guys. Press the like
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