Dolphins save swimmer's life

CAIRO - A British diver's life was saved when three bottle nosed dolphins he was swimming with in the Red Sea encricled him and…

CAIRO - A British diver's life was saved when three bottle nosed dolphins he was swimming with in the Red Sea encricled him and flapped their fins and tails to scare away a shark that had bitten him on the side. Mr Martin Richardson (29) was swimming off Egypt's Sinai Peninsula when friends aboard a diving boat heard his screams.

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