Hawaii 2013 Video: Divers Saving A Dolphin
Friday, February 1st, 2013 @ 6:17 am | You Think So
Here’s some interesting video footage taken last month during a manta ray night dive off the Kona coast of Hawaii. The video shows a bottlenose dolphin, tied up in fishing line, “asking” a human diver for help.
The dolphin swam into the lighted areas where scuba dive instructors, among them Keller Laros, noticed fishing line was restricting the dolphin’s movement.
After approaching the divers and squeaking loudly, the video shows the dolphin swimming up to the divers and pushing into Laros which they interpreted as a call for help.
The dolphin allowed Laros to work on him, cutting the fishing line and attempting to free a hook in its pectoral fin. When the fishing line was removed giving the dolphin increased movement, the dolphin went to get air but then came back to Laros who went to work to try to cut the hook from the fin. ( Not shown in the video the hook was later removed in its entirety from the dolphin’s body.)
After several more minutes the dolphin swam away.
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