She eventually overcame her seasickness, and, on one occasion, was a party to the rescue of a dying woman. A school of dolphins she had been studying led her team directly to the woman, leading Bearzi to wonder about the heroic aspect often attributed to animals.
“Many scientists don’t believe that dolphins can save you because there isn’t enough hard scientific evidence, but that day, those dolphins brought us to save that girl,” Bearzi said. “Was that a coincidence? I’m still wondering about that today.”
But without intervention, Bearzi pointed out, the rapidly-declining population of dolphins may soon go extinct.
“Each of us has a say in the future of dolphins, of whales, and the oceans, and our own species,” she said. “And I do believe that exercising that say is our chance for greatness, perhaps our last chance.”