When the Chinese merchant ships escorted by a China's fleet met suspected pirate ships, thousands of dolphins suddenly leaped out of water between the pirates and merchants.
The suspected pirates ships stopped and then turned away.
China initiated its three-ship escort task force on Dec. 26 last year after the United Nations Security Council called on countries to patrol gulf and waters off Somalia, one of the world's busiest marine routes, where surging piracy endangered intercontinental shipping.
China's first fleet has escorted 206 vessels, including 29 foreign merchant vessels, and successfully rescued three foreign merchant ships from pirate attacks.
