There has long been a superstition among mariners that porpoises will save drowing men by pushing them to the surface, or protect them from sharks by surrounding them in defensive formation.

• 长久以来在水手中都有这样一种迷信，海豚会解救溺水的人，把他们顶到岸上，或者摆成一个防御的姿势防止他们被鲨鱼吃掉。