Beluga whale saves diver

A drowning diver was saved by a Beluga whale that pushed her back to the surface when she suffered crippling cramps.

The diver thought she was going to die when her legs were paralyzed by arctic temperatures during a free diving contest without any breathing equipment. Competitors had to sink to the bottom of an aquarium's 20ft arctic pool and stay there for as long as possible amid the Beluga whales at Polar Land in Harbin, north east China.

Mila, the Beluga whale, had spotted her difficulties and pushed the diver to the top with her mouth.