One man told local media that he was swimming close to the shore when a dolphin bit his arm and tried to force itself on top of him, almost pushing him underwater.
At the beaches along an idyllic coastal stretch of central Japan, lifeguards scan the water, poised to call swimmers back to shore at the hint of a fin. Sharp teeth bare from posters warning beachgoers to be careful because, for the third year running, there is danger in the water.In Wakasa Bay, about 300 kilometres west of Tokyo, dolphin attacks have injured at least 47 people since 2022.
Why have the dolphins come so close to the shore? Are they being aggressive or just playful? Why have these attacks continued for so long?“Who knows the reason? We have to ask the dolphins,” said Hiromu Nohara, a Mihama town official.For one, it may be a single dolphin. Ryoichi Matsubara, the director of Echizen Matsushima Aquarium in Fukui, said the photos and videos he reviewed of some of the 2022 and 2023 attacks appeared to show the same male Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin.
Putu Mustika, a lecturer and marine researcher at James Cook University in Australia, said dolphins can inadvertently harm humans when acting out mating behaviours because of their sheer strength. Dolphins are usually social pack animals, but solitary dolphins who seek human contact are not uncommon.in New Zealand for three years. He became a national celebrity for his playful interactions with swimmers. But his behaviour sometimes veered into the unsettling, such as when he refused to let a woman return to shore.
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