Whale Sharks

Category: News | Date: Sep 12 2008 | By: whalesharks

At last some pictures of the incredible humpback whale rescue, courtesy of  Diving The Crab.

You can see how big the whale is compared to the diver in the front of the picture and the floating net with buoys. The buoys cause horrible drag which must have been really stressful for the whale.

It is hard to grasp how massive the whale really was.

She is able to breathe thankfully. Look how blue and clear the water is - the visibility was amazing.

You can see the air whooshing out her blow-hole as she breathes in relief!

She is slowly being cut free by this point - look how enormous she is.

She is almost free by this point and the rescue team get a thrashing as she starts to move around.

You can make out the tiny dot of a diver’s head amongst the foamy water.

Free at last she disappears with a flick of her great tail.

Free at last! Free at last! Free at last!

The team looks on in horror at the net. These are the nets causing all the damage and death. We have collected this net. One day we will collect each and every one of the donated nets and burn on the beach. That will be a great day. For the meantime, I hope you have enjoyed the pictures. It was a wondrous resuce and I truly hope the pictures will help everyone realise how serious this problem is and how important it is that we stop the use of these nets. Please help us start our fishermens’ education workshop on environmentally friendly fishing methods by donating. 

Thank you.

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