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Move over, indoor birthing tub. This woman wants to deliver in the Pacific Ocean with dolphins as midwives.
The quest for natural childbirth has been taken to a new level. Dorina Rosin and her husband Maika Suneagle have made headlines for their decision to give birth in the ocean surrounded by dolphins. The couple lives on the big island of Hawaii, where they run a spiritual healing center.
Dorina, who is nearing the end of her pregnancy, recently took part in a dolphin blessing ceremony. In a video posted on YouTube, she swims with a snorkel and flippers, her 38-week pregnant belly visible in the water. Her partner twists and dances with a dolphin, while Dorina swims alongside another.
There have been many documented cases of dolphins helping humans. Dolphin-assisted birth is a more recent phenomenon. The Sirius Institute in Hawaii claims dolphin-assisted birth can benefit the babies: "Children born in the water with the dolphins develop 6 months faster over their first six months, have perhaps 150 grams more brain weight and are ambidextrous."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 05 2015, @08:36PM
Cetacean are very social creatures.
If you had been put in solitary confinement and forced to dance on command, I'm sure you would would be pissed at your captors and those who resemble your tormentors.
The only accounts I have found of dolphins being purposely aggressive toward humans is creatures who are or were held captive (specifically, Orcas, the largest members of the suborder). [wikipedia.org]
I heard a cetacean expert on the radio noting how dolphins are very good at using their echolocation abilities to locate stuff inside of other stuff.
He specifically mentioned their ability to detect a fetus in a human even before the woman knew she was pregnant.
He also mentioned that they get very protective of expectant moms.
This stuff and the fact that dolphins have been known to -protect- humans from sharks can be found on this page from Australia for Dolphins. [afd.org.au]
Now, I understand that it is standard practice for SeaWorld employees to warn folks not to stick their hands in the tanks with the 600-pound creatures who don't realize that they can easily accidentally squash a human's limbs against the side of the tank.
-- gewg_
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 06 2015, @07:50AM
He specifically mentioned their ability to detect a fetus in a human even before the woman knew she was pregnant.
He also mentioned that they get very protective of expectant moms.
So he said something that he read on a website. Hm. Some proper research would be nice.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 06 2015, @07:08PM
No. The expert, whose lifelong work is the study of the suborder, was relating these things which has seen over decades of observation.
The advocacy website puts in 1 place the observations of various experts on the topic.
You could use a remedial reading course.
Additionally, I hope you aren't assigned any duties that involve extrapolation.
You are really lousy at that.
-- gewg_