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TIL that in 2004 a Great White Shark attacked Rob Howes while he was surfing off the coast of New Zealand. While clinging for his life to his surfboard a pod of dolphins swam up to him and formed a protective wall that effectively blocked out the shark and ended up saving Rob’s life.

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