Massive dolphin leaps from water into fishermen's boat 00:25. A placid fishing trip turned "berserk" for three New Zealand men when a dolphin weighing more than 900 pounds appeared to fall out of ...

“We looked at the dolphin still alive and breathing and we thought, we’ve got to start looking after him and figure out what to do,” Harrison told AP. “Because he’s stuck in the boat for ...

There, DoC officials were waiting to give the dolphin a health check. Getting cleared to be returned to the water, the dolphin was winched onto a pontoon and taken back out to sea by DoC.

They kept the dolphin cool by placing him on wet foam on the ride over, Dr. Solangi said. Dr. Solangi said he’s a nearly two year old male, weighing 180 lbs, and 6 foot 2 inches long.

A placid fishing trip turned “berserk” for three New Zealand men when a dolphin weighing more than 400 kilograms (900 pounds) appeared to fall out of the sky before crash-landing in their ...

One moment, calm waters. The next, a 900-pound dolphin landed on their boat Returning the majestic creature to the sea was not an option for the trio due to its size.

A dolphin weighing more than 900 pounds appeared to fall out of the sky before landing in a small fishing boat off the coast of New Zealand.

They kept the dolphin cool by placing him on wet foam on the ride over, Dr. Solangi said. Dr. Solangi said he’s a nearly two year old male, weighing 180 lbs, and 6 foot 2 inches long.