Re: Dolphin Therapy!!

[Guest guest]

Just want to share a short story with all about dolphins! A few years back,

I had the opportunity to swim with the dolphins. My husband and I had rented

a boat off the coast of Florida (Gulf), and the man we rented from shared

with us a place to go that the dolphins would swim up to the boat. He warned

us that the dolphins were wild, and to not get in with them, because they

could become aggressive. We got to the spot where the dolphins were, and sure

enough they came right up to the boat. On this particular day, the water was

covered in jelly fish, I mean wall-to-wall jelly fish. We stopped our boat,

and I looked at my husband and said I was going to jump in, he thought I was

crazy!! I jumped in and at first the dolphins backed away. After a minute they

came right up to me, and swam underneath me and all around me. The jelly fish

were really bad, one really long jelly fish wrapped his tentacle around me

leg a couple of times, though I felt no pain. I stayed in for about 20

minutes, the dolphins were cautious, yet still would swim around me. I was

beside myself, almost in another world, it was an amazing feeling, and I

absolutely had no fear!! At the end of the day, I had little red sting marks

all over my legs, yet I felt no pain from the jelly fish stings, no swelling

or anything! I must say it was the most incredible experience, and would do

it again in a heartbeat. I have read about the studies that are done with

children and the dolphins, and think that it would help children with

apraxia. Too bad studies have not been done on that, and too bad it is so

expensive that we all could not give it a try! It just amazes me hearing the

studies, and seeing specials on tv about what dolphins do for humans, they

are truely an incredible species, and we as humans must repsect them and have

alot to learn about them!!

Just wanted to share that story!!

Liz

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