By
Matt Walker
Editor,
BBC Nature
Common
dolphins have been seen gathering to aid a dying companion, trying to support
it in the water and help it breathe.
This
is the first time that a group of dolphins has been recorded trying to help or
save another dying dolphin.
Korean-based
scientists witnessed the event in the East Sea off the coast of Ulsan, in South
Korea.
Five
individual dolphins formed a raft with their bodies in an attempt to keep the
stricken dolphin afloat.
Details
of the behaviour are reported in the journal Marine
Mammal Science.
Healthy
cetaceans, the group of animals that includes whales and dolphins, have been
seen attempting to provide supportive care to individuals before.
Read
on: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/21146455
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