Fortunately, dolphins are not known to eat people — though on rare occasions, dolphins have shown aggression towards and attacked people. And dolphin encounters really aren't worth that risk.
and billions of people, who rely on the sea for their survival. Common bottlenose dolphins are generally social creatures that live in groups called ‘pods’, which can contain hundreds of individuals.
Tourists in New Zealand have been banned from swimming with bottlenose dolphins because of the impact it has on the animals. New research shows people have been "loving the dolphins too much".