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KamaAina

(78,249 posts) Mon Feb 23, 2015, 08:15 PM Feb 2015

Dolphin Asks Diver for Help Removing a Fishing Hook

http://blog.therainforestsite.com/dolphin-hook-rescue/

While diving with manta rays in Garden Eel Cove off the coast of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, co-founder and vice president of Manta Pacific Research Foundation Keller Laros encountered a troubled bottlenose dolphin — somehow the poor cetacean got its left pectoral fin snagged by a fishing hook.

Thankfully, Laros and his crew were there to give a helping hand to the struggling dolphin.

Watch the video to see Laros work his magic!

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Dolphin Asks Diver for Help Removing a Fishing Hook (Original Post) KamaAina Feb 2015 OP

Wow! That's awesome! Suich Feb 2015 #1

Awww shenmue Feb 2015 #2

Jack's Diving Locker is the outfit we used a couple of times. SeattleVet Feb 2015 #3

Very touching... Tom_Foolery Feb 2015 #4

Amazing! lucca18 Feb 2015 #5

Nice! BrotherIvan Feb 2015 #6

There was a similar video of two dolphins bringing a baby to a diver for help. A HERETIC I AM Feb 2015 #7

I saw one where a manta ray came up to some divers for help leftyladyfrommo Feb 2015 #8

humans at their finest Skittles Feb 2015 #14

A whale approached 5 divers with the same problem out in the pacific near the Farallones pink-o Feb 2015 #9

Amen to that! MadCrow Feb 2015 #10

I think most other species are dolphinsandtuna Feb 2015 #11

That is *so* moving. The trust is mind-boggling. n/t UTUSN Feb 2015 #12

I went on one of those night dives off Kona once DFW Feb 2015 #13

Suich

(10,642 posts)

1. Wow! That's awesome!

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Mon Feb 23, 2015, 08:25 PM

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shenmue

(38,506 posts)

2. Awww

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Mon Feb 23, 2015, 08:26 PM

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SeattleVet

(5,480 posts)

3. Jack's Diving Locker is the outfit we used a couple of times.

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Mon Feb 23, 2015, 08:38 PM

Feb 2015

*Very* good people.We dove with Keller and Wendy Laros, but the two night trips we made we didn't see any mantas. Still have a lot of great memories from the sites they took us to.

Mahalo, Keller!

Tom_Foolery

(4,691 posts)

4. Very touching...

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Mon Feb 23, 2015, 08:43 PM

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lucca18

(1,244 posts)

5. Amazing!

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Mon Feb 23, 2015, 11:10 PM

Feb 2015

Thanks for posting this!

BrotherIvan

(9,126 posts)

6. Nice!

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Tue Feb 24, 2015, 02:06 AM

Feb 2015

So glad the dolphin got fixed up!

A HERETIC I AM

(24,380 posts)

7. There was a similar video of two dolphins bringing a baby to a diver for help.

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Tue Feb 24, 2015, 03:23 AM

Feb 2015

I Googled it and looked on YouTube to no avail, but a while ago I saw this video of two dolphins who approached a diver with a baby dolphin also snared. They actually held it in place for the diver to cut away the line, taking the baby to the surface occasionally to breath, then returning to the diver so he could complete the task.

Truly remarkable creatures.

leftyladyfrommo

(18,874 posts)

8. I saw one where a manta ray came up to some divers for help

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Tue Feb 24, 2015, 12:51 PM

Feb 2015

because it was tangled up. It was so joyful when it was free.

Skittles

(153,214 posts)

14. humans at their finest

Reply to leftyladyfrommo (Reply #8)

Wed Feb 25, 2015, 07:45 PM

Feb 2015

yes indeed

pink-o

(4,056 posts)

9. A whale approached 5 divers with the same problem out in the pacific near the Farallones

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Tue Feb 24, 2015, 01:43 PM

Feb 2015

this was about 5 years ago. They cut the whale loose, taking almost an hour. After the whale was free, it came to each of the divers and touched its nose to their masks, saying thank you.

I really hate when ignorant humans assume that other life forms are of lesser mind and value than we are!