Posted on 07/18/2011 7:31:15 AM PDT by nuconvert
Flipping amazing... the moment a humpback whale 'thanks' rescuers who saved it from dying tangled in fishing nets
A humpback whale which was freed from almost certain death by three men off the coast of California repaid the favour to its rescuers with a breathtaking display of breaches and dives.
The amazing hour-long performance was caught on camera moments after the creature was cut free from fishing nets. When the boat came across the whale it was trapped with its tail and flippers hopelessly entangled in the nets.
(photos & Video at link)
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
yeah, probably similar to what I had in my eye.
...before running smack into the path of a Japanese whaling ship. Doh!
Very cool!
How do we know what the whale was "flipping"?
haha! It reminds me of the cows Rush talked about years ago that, according to the news story, looked on with “fear and hope” as a fellow cow was rescued from the mud.
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