Transcript for Little girl allegedly attacked while swimming with dolphins

So great to see him doing so well. A terrifying vacation incident. A mother says her 10-year-old daughter was attacked by dolphins while swimming in a pension that was supposed to be safe. Paula Faris is here with that story. Good morning to you, Mary. Good morning, everyone. This little girl was swimming with dolphin, a vacation excursion when her here claims the dolphins tried dragging the 10-year-old underwater. The mother says she thought her daughter was going to die. This morning a family is still in shock after they say their dream vacation in paradise turned into a real-life nightmare claiming 10-year-old Lexi Yeo was attacked by dolphins. Her Mauer tells "The sun," it was terrifying. I thought she was going to die. Saying she watched in horror as her daughter began screaming as the couple of dolphins tried dragging her child underwater and claims the mammals ignored their pleas to stop the attack. In these photos you can see puncture wound, cuts and gashes the family say were a result of the attack. The brave 10-year-old managed to escape further harm by clinging to the top of her body board until one of the trainers finally managed to pull her to according to "The sun" the dolphin experience in cancun blamed poor sea conditions causing them to become distressed pointing a finger at a male dolphin that shouldn't have been in the pen creating a frenzy among the other dolphins. Those dolphins can get frisky. The sexual drive in dolphins is powerful and when hormones take over they can become unpredictable. Reporter: The incident occurring in October but mom Laura says tour operator tui has washed their hands of us and I've not even have a card, flowers or teddy bear from tui. While reports of dolphins attacking humans is extremely rare experts warn people to be cautious around these friendly-looking creature. They are not tame animals. They are not pet animals. There's that old saying again you can take an an maul out of the wild. You cannot take the wild out of the animal. The tour operator tells ABC news they are conducting an internal investigation and reaching out to the family as well and reassuring customers this is extremely rare which is what you heard in the piece and it's what our animal experts told us as well. Keep in mind the animal experts say dolphins can weigh up to 500 pounds, boast 100 teeth. If they really want to hurt this girl they could have. I can't panel being that mother feeling so helpless and watching your daughter. These are such a common attraction. So popular too. Very popular but also very rare. Thanks, Paula.

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