Beluga Whale Saves Free Diver in China
Posted on January 24, 2010 by Jeffrey Newman
In July 2009, a Beluga whale named Mila saved 26-year-old Yang Yun when her legs froze up during a free dive competition in Mila’s arctic aquarium home. When Yang tried to surface, she realized that she couldn’t move her legs and she began sinking. She thought “that was it for me – I was dead, until I felt this incredible force under me driving me to the surface.” The incredible force was Mila, a Beluga whale who had sensed Yun’s distress. Using her sensitive dolphin-like nose, Mila guided Yun safely to the surface gently carrying one of Yun’s legs in her mouth.
Experts say Beluga whales have facial muscles that allow them to smile. They were among the first whales to interact with humans.
Comments (8)
woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwww…….. thats wicked
What a beautiful story……..:-))
SEE HOW INTENSIVE AND COMPASIONED ARE THOSE CREATURES , AND WHY THEY KILL THEM , SO WE SEE AGAIN WE ARE NOT THE ONLYONES WITH BRAINS ON THE PLANET .
WE NEED TO INVESTIGATE THESE CREATURES MORE TO LEARN HOW THEY THINK AND WHAT THEY FEEL .
SO KILLING HAS TO STOP ON THOSE GENTLE GIANTS OF THE SEA WHALES DOLPHINS OCTOPUS , ARE THOSE CREATURES THAT HAS TO BE PROTECTED OF THE STUPIDINES WE ARE DOING TO THEM , CREATE AN INTERNATIONAL LAW TO PROTECT AND TO PRESERVE SEALIFE … GREAT THANKS FOR THIS ARTICEL RON WILLIAM TEN BRINK SSCS SPAIN
I agree, we need to stop hunting these amazing mammals. There has been so many cases of dolphins savings humans in distress, but still they get killed every year by greedy hunters in Japan and Denmark (probably more places). There is no law to save them. We need to introduce an international law to save and help dolphins/whales etc..
THey need our help!!
we got to learn to live all together!!!!
awesome stuf!!
Get a grip, people. Can you not see the hypocricy in blaming Japan and Denmark on dolphin hunts when Beluga whales are hunted not by them, but by Americans?
They are sweet and kind but why ppl cant undersatnd it?
We have to help eachother we have to help the helpless.
watched four belugas for a few hours saturday, what was most remarkable is that they have articulated necks and can turn their heads. took every opportunity to educate the people there about whale hunting and the many nations responsible. Nobody seems to be informing the general public about the true threats to the sea. I was sure they were coming to kick me out when more people were listening to me than the robot humans talking about how happy they were in captivity. There were no smiling whales in that tank. Georgia aquarium has crowded tanks and little enrichment, one “toy” in the whale tank, too much noise for the otters.