Beluga whale saves diver's life

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7 pointsvijayr7 comments

I think it's interesting. But no, not here.

Sadly HN has become diluted with "4hr work weeks", "12 steps every start up-needs" and "X is a Y killer". I'm just waiting for the invasion of lolcats. :'(

The same is happening with almost every other form of media too. Sound-bites in -> sound-bites out.

How does this qualify to be on HN ?

"Dying Diver Accidentally Hacks Beluga's Instincts"

Whales and dolphins are known to assist sick pod-mates to the surface to breathe. In this case, it was a sick human.

Whales and dolphins are known to assist...

Exactly, this is KNOWN. It's been known since before flipper. This is a very cute awww, story and I'm sure it will be all over the news services, and I'll bet money I'll see this on the evening news more then once in the next 48 hours. And those are all reasons why it should NOT be on HN.

Its always dolphins that are considered intelligent, and more importantly friendly to humans. That a whale could be friendly and gentle, was interesting, thats why I submitted this.

Sorry if it isn't appropriate.

Belugas are a type of dolphin.

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