Originally posted by nightzip:
Woman felled by dolphin attack
NZ mammal leapt on board boat
By Chris Williams
Published Wednesday 27th December 2006
RZSL A woman aboard a small pleasure cruiser was seriously injured
yesterday by a dolphin which leapt into the craft off the coast of
New Zealand.
The 27-year-old was watching the mammals near Slipper Island in the
North Island's eastern Bay of Plenty when the attack was made.
The dolphin smashed through the boat's windscreen and fell
on top of the woman 
before flipping overboard again to swim away
unharmed.
As well as her injuries, the victim suffered a heart attack before
being airlifted to hospital in Aukland. According to The
Marlborough Express, she is in intensive care in a "serious
condition".
The dolphin apparently hadn't seen the boat as it leapt. A
spokesman for Auckland Rescue Helicopters said: "I've never heard
of a dolphin hitting someone on a boat. You can't even
catch them on lures when you go game fishing. They're too
smart."
I don't know for sure what exactly happened but from this
article (without link), i think it is not hard to realise that this
sounds more like an unfortunate accident than a deliberate attack
by the dolphin.
Assuming that this is a deliberate attack, i think its kind of
painful to smash through the boat's windscreen in order to reach
the woman then injure her. Imagine the amount of force
required.
Secondly, the spokesman from Auckland Rescue Helicopters did said
that they never encounter such things before. The article also
clearly states that "The dolphin apparently hadn't seen the boat as
it leapt" so it is more likely to be an accident than an attack as
stated in the title.
