Dolphins Create ‘Life Raft’ For Stricken Companion

Researchers at the Cetacean Research Institute in South Korea have filmed a group of long-beaked dolphins apparently creating a ‘liferaft’ to help one of their group.
In the video, the pod of 12 dolphins are seen swimming very close together, with one clearly in distress.
The female dolphin is seen wriggling about on her back, her flippers paralysed.
Meanwhile the other dolphins form a raft with their bodies to keep the injured member above the water, allowing her to breathe and regain her balance.