Pregnant Woman Plans To Use Dolphin As Her Midwife [VIDEO]
A pregnant woman in Hawaii is planning to use a dolphin to assist in the birth of her child.
Dorina Rosin and her partner Maika Suneagle, who run a healing sanctuary in Hawaii, will be featured on the British documentary "Katie Piper's Extraordinary Births."
"I found the dolphin people a bit out there but they seemed so happy and the woman was so relaxed," Piper told the Times in Britain. "I just thought everybody was wonderful and it was all a bit of an eye-opener."
If you're thinking using a dolphin as a midwife is a bad idea, you're not alone. Christine Wilcox is one expert that believes using dolphins to assist human birth is reckless and dangerous.
"Because of their friendly disposition and common (occurrence) in aquariums, we tend to think of dolphins as trustworthy, loving creature," Wilcox wrote in Discovery 2 years ago. "But let's get real for a minute here. Dolphins don't eat sunshine and fart roses. They're wild animals, and they are known to do some pretty terrible things. ... "no matter how cute they might appear, dolphins are not cuddly companions; they are real, large, ocean predators with a track record for violence - even when it comes to humans."
Dolphins have been known to occasionally lash out at humans, possibly when they think they could want to mate with or fight people they see as a threat.
The video below shows Rosin, 38 weeks pregnant, and Suneagle interacting with dolphins.