On August 11, Local time in Japan, on a beach in Fukui Prefecture, a dolphin suddenly launched an attack on tourists, and 2 men were bitten by the same dolphin that day, which is the sixth case of injury to this dolphin since this summer.
Why did it do the "dolphin serial injury case" in Japan?
It is reported that the dolphins that frequently hurt people this time are the "Southern Bottlenose Dolphins", which are dolphins that are easily tamed by people, and they like humans very much, and it is easier to attach themselves to humans than other dolphins.
So why does it suddenly hurt people? One possibility is abnormal hormone secretion, and studies have found that if some male dolphins have abnormal hormone secretion, they will actively attack women, especially little girls, in the sea.
For example, in November 2019, a 10-year-old British girl was attacked by two male dolphins in the water while on a beach holiday, and was also dragged into the water by these two dolphins to bite, although she was rescued in time, she was still scarred.
However, this time, the Dolphin, which frequently injures people in Japan, its attack targets are very random, both men and women, young and old, so this reason can be ruled out.
Another possibility is that the dolphin has been harmed by humans, or some kind of human behavior has caused it to feel a sense of crisis, so it will "retaliate" against humans.
For example, on July 13 this year, in an oceanarium in Nanning, Guangxi, mainland China, a beast trainer was interacting with a dolphin performance, when he was suddenly lifted up by the dolphin, he threw him out with force, and his head was smashed on the stage.
Subsequently, many people believe that this is because the usual tamer treats this dolphin harshly, so that it has psychological problems, and "retaliates" against the beast trainer, after all, the dolphin itself is one of the most intelligent animals in nature, and there have been many dolphins that have been domesticated by humans for a long time, and finally because of hatred for humans, they began to hate by love.
However, this time the Japanese attack on human dolphins, but it is a wild dolphin, according to the survey, it has not been in contact with humans for a long time, so it is unlikely that it will hurt people because of "revenge".
In addition, some researchers speculate that perhaps it is not intentionally hurting people, but in the process of interacting with humans, due to poor control, it will bite and play with humans and get close to it.
There is also if humans actively approach dolphins in the ocean and have been swimming around them, because dolphins themselves are territorially conscious, they are also prone to a sense of stress, thinking that humans want to hurt them, so after a stress response to hurt people, at present, this possibility is the greatest.
Because many of the "wild dolphin injury incidents" that have occurred in other seas before have been because humans have not maintained a sense of boundary between them and wild dolphins, they were eventually injured by dolphins.
Therefore, many experts have said that humans in the ocean, should stay away from marine life, even dolphins, killer whales, which are themselves friendly animals to humans, should also stay away, because although they rarely hurt people, this does not mean that they will not hurt people.
So, what to do when you encounter wild animals in the sea?
If you encounter large wild marine animals such as dolphins, killer whales, etc., the correct thing to do is to go ashore immediately and never think that they are malicious.
For example, in addition to dolphins, killer whales have always been considered to be "fan-friendly" animals to humans, and even folk legends have circulated many stories, such as humans in distress in the ocean, killer whales coming forward, or human ships encountering sharks in the sea, killer whales escorting them all the way, etc., which will make people completely unguarded about them.
But in fact, as a social animal, killer whales themselves will also hurt people, and as a fierce character that makes great white sharks "smell the wind and fear", once they encounter wild killer whale attacks in the sea, then it is also a very scary thing.
For example, in June last year, in the waters of Gibraltar, when a human ship was moving forward in the sea, it was suddenly surrounded by more than 30 killer whales, which kept hitting the ship as if to break the ship, fortunately the ship was strong enough, and after more than 2 hours of siege, the killer whales did not destroy the ship, and they finally left.
Subsequently, after analysis, the relevant experts believe that this group of wild killer whales is very likely to be planned to "retaliate against humans", and one of them is likely to have been injured by similar ships, so when similar ships appear again in their territory, they will think that the humans who hurt them have come again, and they will launch a siege.
And in April last year, still in the same sea, this group of wild killer whales also attacked a yacht, and in addition, in terms of time, their earliest attacks on humans began in July 2020 and have now occurred nearly 50 times, which shows that these docile wild animals in our eyes are not so safe.
Therefore, when you see dolphins, killer whales and other animals in the ocean, you must remember to "go for the best", do not blindly approach the adventure, then, friends, why do you think they hurt people? Feel free to leave a message and share your views!