among all creatures . . .
This is why we should ALWAYS watch the show Whale Wars!
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If you read a recent front page story of the SF
Chronicle, you would have read about a female
humpback whale who 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 the Farallon
Islands (outside the Golden Gate ) and radioed
an environmental group for help.
Within a few hours, the rescue team arrived and
determined that she was so bad off, the only way
to save her was to dive in and untangle her. They
worked for hours with curved knives and
eventually freed her.When she was free, the divers
say she swam in what seemed like joyous circles.
She then came back to each and every diver, one
at a time, and nudged them, pushed them gently
around ~ she was thanking them. Some said it
was the most incredibly beautiful experience of
their lives.
The guy who cut the rope out of her mouth said
her eyes were following him the whole time, and
he will never be the same.
May you, and all those you love, be so blessed
and fortunate to be surrounded by people who
will help you get untangled from the things that
are binding you.
http://kritterkorner.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/san-francisco-chronicle-humpback-whale-saved-by-divers/
SF Gate article
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/12/14/MNGNKG7Q0V1.DTL
Snopes with quotes
http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/whalethanks.asp
Peace
*Contributed by my amazing aunt RiverEyes
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