Dolphin Tangled in Fishing Line Approaches Divers for Help
A group of divers were surprised to see a single Bottlenose dolphin approach and linger among them, though it appeared unable to swim normally.
Only after the dolphin continued to circle near around him so insistently did diving instructor Keller Laros begin to realize the animal wasn't merely being curious -- it was actually asking them for help. The dolphin's movements were restricted because it had become entangled in fishing line and a hook was lodged in its pectoral fin.
Incredibly, the wild dolphin then appears to readily comply with Laros's efforts to help, positioning its body to make his work easier, seeming to give full trust in the terrestrial stranger.
Thankfully, Laros was able to remove the line and hook from the dolphin, very likely saving the animal's life.
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Maybe you need work on renewing your faith in humanity..
"heroic work of a dozen bystanders who pulled a man from beneath a burning car"
"A school of dolphins gets stuck on the beach in Brazil and they get rescued by a group of upstanding citizens."
He said to just leave him alone for now and keep him updated. He suspects that he has lost his mother one way or another and is just looking for a place to warm up.
My husband just took him for a dinghy ride, which he seemed to enjoy! I told him, "You can't keep him!"
Apparently they will come get him and take him somewhere if he doesn't get out to eat or begins to look really ill. In the meantime, we are trying hard not to bond.
But he just keeps looking at us with those big, human looking eyes.
