Saving a humpback whale: acts of redemption
Posted by Kasandra
Edited by Patrice Greanville
A female humpback whale had become entangled in a spider web of crab traps and lines. She was weighted down by hundreds of pounds of traps that caused her to struggle to stay afloat, She also had hundreds of yards of line rope wrapped around her body, her tail, her torso, a line tugging in her mouth.
A fisherman spotted her just east of Farallon Island (outside the Golden Gate) and radioed for help. Within a few hours, a rescue team arrived and determined that she was so badly off, the only way to save her was to dive in and untangle her...a very dangerous proposition.
One slap of a tail could kill a rescuer. They worked for hours with curved knives and eventually freed her.
When she was free , the divers say she swam in what seemed joyous circles. She then came back to each and every diver, one at a time, nudged them, and pushed gently , thanking them.
The guy who cut the rope out of her mouth says her eyes were following him the whole time, and he will never be the same.
(Credit to the respective owner).
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