Comox Valley Wildlife sightings<\/a> and went to see them herself. She moved to the Island from Manitoba last August and is wowed by the Island every day.\u00a0<\/p>\nWatch below:<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was surreal. Being from the Prairies, I didn\u2019t even know\u00a0we had dolphins, so yeah, it was cool to see them,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
Someone\u00a0from Fisheries and Oceans Canada was already\u00a0on site monitoring the dolphins and said they appeared to be in good condition.<\/p>\n
\u201cI said should we get some shovels,\u201d she said with a laugh. \u201cBut he said there was way too much sand. I was like we need to help.\u201d<\/p>\n
So how did the dolphins end up entrapped in the tidepool? <\/p>\n
A whale researcher says they might have been chasing food when they became entrapped as the tide went out.<\/p>\n
Or there could be a more likely explanation. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s possible and perhaps even more likely is that there were killer whales around and these dolphins were trying to hide from the orcas,\u201d said Jared Towers, executive director of Bay Cetology in Alert Bay.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was cool. In a sense I was sad because they were stranded but they were so close and we could see them close up,\u201d Dueck said. <\/p>\n
Towers says it\u2019s not uncommon for dolphins to come close to shore when they\u2019re trying to evade predators but getting entrapped like this uncommon.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is very interesting. It\u2019s novel, you know it\u2019s not often that Pacific white-sided dolphins get entrapped and especially in a tide pool. I mean this is a very, very novel case,\u201d Towers said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou think they are smarter than that right?\u201d he was asked. \u201cWell, I think a lot of the smartest animals on the planet do silly things from time to time and entrapment is a good example of that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The dolphins eventually escaped when the tide came in and the entire experience was an unforgettable one for Samantha Dueck.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe island is beyond my imagination, it\u2019s just wild,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
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