Moko gives swimmer the runaround

Moko gives swimmer the runaround
NZPA July 27, 2009, 1:21 pm
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-stories/5753546/moko-gives-swimmer-the-runaround/

A woman was rescued freezing and exhausted from the sea off Mahia in the northern Hawke's Bay yesterday, worn out by the playful antics of resident dolphin Moko.
The woman, who did not want to be named, went into the water at about 4.30pm.
She was wearing a wetsuit and knew Moko was waiting for company, but did not bargain on the dolphin wanting to play for so long.
She ended up marooned on a buoy while Moko ran rings around her, swimming around and diving alongside her whenever she tried to move.
Bystanders had noticed how long the woman had been at sea when she started screaming for help.
Sunset Point Bar & Bistro manager Juanita Symes said her uncle Ian Blake came back from the beach and raised the alarm.
The pair borrowed a dinghy from a nearby house and headed out to rescue the woman.
"When we got out there she had wrapped herself around the buoy and was absolutely freezing, she was freezing to death," Ms Symes said.
"She was completely exhausted. If we had left her any longer she would have run out of energy."
A local paramedic was waiting on the beach to treat the woman when they returned.
The rescued woman said Moko was very special to the area and she did not want people to get the wrong impression that she was trying to cause her harm.
"I've spent quite a bit of time swimming with Moko and I'm a strong swimmer so I wasn't worried at first," she said.
"We were playing around for a while but then when I wanted to go back in, she just wanted to keep playing.
"I became exhausted and started to panic.
"The reality set in that I was out in the ocean with a wild animal and no people around, so I felt quite vulnerable."
Moko has attracted worldwide attention since she took up residence at Mahia last year, with hundreds of people turning up to swim with her.
But marine welfare organisation Project Jonah said people should take a "hands off" approach and give the three-year-old bottlenose dolphin her space.
"Although Moko is actively seeking human company, she's a wild animal, not a trained performer," said chief executive Kimberly Muncaster.

Antics-嘩眾取寵的)滑稽動作,誇張的賣弄
Marooned-陷於孤立無援困境的
Buoy-浮標,浮筒
Dinghy-救生艇
Paramedic-醫務輔助人員
Vulnerable-易受責難的;有弱點的;難防守的
Welfare-福利;幸福;健康安樂


Max- I think Moko is a playful dolphin, even when she saves other animals. This day, she was so playful that when someone wants to play and wants to leave, she even doesn’t want her go! I think because dolphins don’t know human language, causing this situation. But I think the woman is stupid too! Doesn’t she say she is a strong swimmer? Then why she doesn’t swim away from Moko? Because she doesn’t watch TV that has a few stories about wild animals bully the people. There is a story that a lion keeper was mauled to death by his cub, and another one about a chimpanzee ripped a woman’s face! So please, that stupid woman, don’t swim with Moko again or she will freeze to death!