Dolphins save surfer from becoming shark’s bait

[Sequoia]

Surfer Todd Endris needed a miracle. The shark — a monster great white that came out of nowhere — had hit him three times, peeling the skin off his back and mauling his right leg to the bone.

That’s when a pod of bottlenose dolphins intervened, forming a protective ring around Endris, allowing him to get to shore, where quick first aid provided by a friend saved his life.

“Truly a miracle,” Endris told TODAY’s Natalie Morales on Thursday.

The attack occurred on Tuesday, Aug. 28, just before 11 a.m. at Marina State Park off Monterey, Calif., where the 24-year-old owner of Monterey Aquarium Services had gone with friends for a day of the sport they love. Nearly four months later, Endris, who is still undergoing physical therapy to repair muscle damage suffered during the attack, is back in the water and on his board in the same spot where he almost lost his life.

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[Shell Beau]

1. That is why I love dolphins!! Such a great story!!!

[quip]

2. That's a great story right up to the part where

the dumbass goes back to surfing in the same spot he was attacked.

:shrug:

[BreweryYardRat]

3. Shark attacks are rarer than lightning strikes.

It may not be the SMARTEST thing to do, but he's not taking much of a risk.

[LeftyMom]

5. Pelagic sharks don't stay in one place long, they'd exhaust the food supply.

More than likely that shark is off baja by now.

[quip]

8. More than likely I'D take up shuffleboard.

:-)

[DS1]

6. Chris from Family Guy?

Hey dad! I put a quarter in the machine in the bathroom and won a balloon!

[Shell Beau]

12. Hahaha!! Long lost brothers!

[yellowcanine]

4. Elian Gonzolez was also saved by dolphins according to Peggy Noonan

And who can argue with her?:sarcasm:

[Arugula Latte]

7. Yeah, although it was probably Jesus in the form of a dolphin...

That's the most logical explanation. ;)

[yellowcanine]

9. You forgot the " " around "logical"

[bikebloke]

10. Downundah

Something like that happened recently in either New Zealand or Australia. A family was swimming, when a pod of dolphins surrounded them and herded them ashore away from some sharks.

[supernova]

11. Dolphins rule!

:D

I predict that some day we will find out they are smarter than we are.