The amazing moment a dolphin retrieves a Miami Heat dancer's iPhone from the bottom of the ocean

  • Miami Heat dancer Teressa Cee swims with dolphins in the Atlantic Ocean
  • Leaves her phone with a friend on the boat who dropped it into the sea
  • The dolphin, Cacique, dives down, finds it, and brings it back to the boat
  • Video has now been shared more than 20,000 times and got 46,000 likes

By James Dunn For Mailonline

Published: 03:12 EST, 1 October 2015 | Updated: 12:56 EST, 1 October 2015

This is the amazing moment when a dolphin returned an iPhone to its owner after diving to the bottom of the sea to retrieve it.

Miami Heat dancer Teressa Cee had left the phone with a friend on a boat while diving with dolphins off the coast of the Bahamas, but he accidentally dropped it into the ocean.

However, dolphin Cacique saw the phone drop and dived to the bottom of the ocean to retrieve it. 

Amazing experience: Miami Heat dancer Teressa Cee went swimming with dolphins in the Atlantic off the coast of the Bahamas

Amazing experience: Miami Heat dancer Teressa Cee went swimming with dolphins in the Atlantic off the coast of the Bahamas

Accident: She left her phone with someone on the boat who dropped it in the sea, but they sent dolphin Cacique to search for it on the bottom

Accident: She left her phone with someone on the boat who dropped it in the sea, but they sent dolphin Cacique to search for it on the bottom

Clever dolphin: Cacique quickly found the phone, picked it up in its mouth, and swam towards the surface to hand it to someone in the boat

Clever dolphin: Cacique quickly found the phone, picked it up in its mouth, and swam towards the surface to hand it to someone in the boat

Amazing feat: The clever dolphin eventually emerged with the phone in its beak and delivered it directly into the hands of a man sitting on the side of the boat

Amazing feat: The clever dolphin eventually emerged with the phone in its beak and delivered it directly into the hands of a man sitting on the side of the boat

Nice surprise: The man hands the phone back to Teressa, who smiles with glee after the amazing experiece

Nice surprise: The man hands the phone back to Teressa, who smiles with glee after the amazing experiece

The clever dolphin eventually emerged with the phone in its beak and gave it back to one of the men on the boat.

He then hands it back to bikini-clad Miss Cee, who is delighted that it had been returned from the depths. 

She then shared her story with the 40,000 people who like her Facebook page, posting the video for all to see.

Miss Cee wrote: 'True Story: While in the Bahamas, I had the opportunity to go swimming with dolphins on The Bahamas.

Famous friend: Teressa Cee, who is a dancer with Miami Heat, a model and and actor, posted the video on her page and it has now been shared more than 20,000 times and liked more than 46,000
The dancer described the experience as 'the cutest thing ever'

Famous friend: Teressa Cee, who is a dancer with Miami Heat, a model and and actor, posted the video on her page and it has now been shared more than 20,000 times and liked more than 46,000

'We were filming on this floating platform in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. So, against a my better judgment I asked someone to hold my phone for me and he accidentally dropped my phone into water and it sank to the bottom.

'Cacique, the dolphin, actually retrieved my phone and brought it back up to me. Cutest thing ever!'

People were amazed by the video, now liked by more than 46,000 people and shared more than 20,000 times.

One viewer, James Kim, wrote: 'Dolphins are such awesome creatures.' 

Another person, Yeszteyei Masochism, wrote: 'I watched this more than five time. Adorable.'

There were also plenty of people asking if the iPhone in the video still works after being submerged.

Clinton Ikechi wrote: 'She said it's never gonna work again but thanks.'

 

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