There has long been a superstition among mariners that porpoises will save drowning men by pushing them to the surface, or protect them from sharks by surrounding them in defensive formation.
長期以來,海員中流傳著一種迷信的說法,認為海豚會把快要淹死的人托到水面,救人性命;或在人們周圍列隊保護,使他們免遭鯊魚傷害。