Narrator:
THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS
SIT ON THE EDGE
OF THE CARIBBEAN.
HERE,
DOLPHINS ARE THE AGGRESSORS,
DRIVING NURSE SHARKS
OUT OF AREAS.
ONE DOLPHIN IN PARTICULAR,
NAMED JoJo,
HAS GAINED A REPUTATION OF
NOT JUST SCARING SHARKS AWAY --
HE'S MOVED ON
TO SOMETHING EVEN DARKER.
Bernal: JoJo THE DOLPHIN
KILLS A LOT OF SHARKS.
Narrator: DEAN BERNAL
IS AN AVID SPORTS DIVER
AND HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME
IN THE WATER WITH JoJo.
JoJo'S DEFINITELY A PARTNER.
I CAN REALLY RELY ON HIM
WHEN THERE'S SHARKS AROUND.
HE'S THERE.
WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER,
HE USED TO HIDE BEHIND ME.
NOW THAT HE'S OLDER
AND MUCH LARGER,
HE'S THE ONE
WHO SORT OF TAKES THE LEAD
WHEN THERE'S A SHARK AROUND.
Narrator: DEAN WAS IN THE WATER
WITH JoJo ONE DAY
WHEN THE DOLPHIN TRIED TO KILL
A SIX-FOOT NURSE SHARK.
JoJo WENT OUT,
AND HE GOT A SHARK.
AND HE BROUGHT IT OVER TO ME.
PROBABLY WHAT,
MAYBE SIX-FEET SHARK, YOU KNOW?
BUT THEN,
THE SHARK KEEPS TAKING OFF.
THE SHARK'S NOT, LIKE,
TIRED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
HE'S TAKING OFF.
AND THEN, JoJo GETS IT,
AND HE SHOVES THE SAND
INTO THE GILLS
UP AGAINST THE CORAL HEAD,
AND HE'S TRYING TO SUFFOCATE
THE SHARK A LITTLE BIT
TO SLOW IT DOWN.
AND HE TOTALLY UNDERSTANDS THIS.
HE GRABBED IT BY THE TAIL AND
PULLED IT BACKWARDS A LITTLE BIT
TO FLOOD THE GILLS
THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
I KNOW HE'S GONNA KILL THE SHARK
EVENTUALLY,
SO THE IDEA IS TO TAKE THE SHARK
AWAY FROM JoJo.
I KNOW FROM MANY YEARS
OF SWIMMING IN THE OCEAN,
LOT OF YEARS OF EXPERIENCE,
THAT JoJo THE DOLPHIN
WILL KILL A SHARK TO PROTECT ME.
