Dolphins Protect New Zealand Swimmers from Sharks

When I was younger, I used to contemplate Far East cultures, such as those in India. Did I believe in reincarnation?

Thus, I believed that if I were to reincarnated, I'd want to be a dolphin. Why:

1) Not big prediators nor are there many prediators of them
2) Great communication skills
3) Great sex
4) Flipper!

Part of the AP story:

A pod of dolphins circled protectively round a group of New Zealand swimmers to fend off an attack by a great white shark, media reported on Tuesday.

Lifesavers Rob Howes, his 15-year-old daughter Niccy, Karina Cooper and Helen Slade were swimming 300 feet off Ocean Beach near Whangarei on New Zealand's North Island when the dolphins herded them -- apparently to protect them from a shark.
"They started to herd us up, they pushed all four of us together by doing tight circles around us," Howes told the New Zealand Press Association (NZPA).
Howes tried to drift away from the group, but two of the bigger dolphins herded him back just as he spotted a nine-foot great white shark swimming toward the group.
"I just recoiled. It was only about 2 m away from me, the water was crystal clear and it was as clear as the nose on my face," Howes said, referring to a distance of 6 feet.
"They had corralled us up to protect us," he said.

The article referenced just proves these early observations for reincarnation. Click the title of this post to read all of the story.