Humpback Whale Freed From Life-Threatening Entanglement

[Omaha Steve]

MUCH more here: http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/about-us/News-Room/2018-news-archives/humpback-whale-freed.html

Thanks to a collaborative effort by trained responders, including a team from The Marine Mammal Center, a juvenile humpback whale was freed from entanglement in fishing gear off the coast of Eureka, California.

November 20, 2018

Humpback whales have patterns of black and white pigmentation and scars on the undersides of their tails, or flukes, that are unique to each individual whale, just as fingerprints are to humans. But when fishermen spotted a young whale with more than just the typical scar patterns, they knew its life was on the line.

Estimated to be about 25 feet long, the juvenile whale was entangled in commercial fisheries gear when it was spotted by the fishing vessel approximately eight miles outside of Eureka, California. Three buoys and a significant amount of line was wrapped around the whale’s tail.

[NoSmoke]

1. Wonderful story

and a bit of good news in this otherwise dismal world.

[Bayard]

2. Bravo to the rescuers!

And Bon Voyage to the whale.