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#1406
Dolphin + Fishing Line.
Green_Achers - 1/22/2013 8:49 AM
Category: General
Replies: 6

Looks like these guys had an opportunity of a lifetime on this night dive. They found a dolphin that was entangled in fishing line. Looks like the dolphin was rather tame and allowed these divers to cut the line off. Wow.

CNN News Video Link
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badintexas - 1/22/2013 6:50 PM
Amazing. Thanks for sharing!
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LatitudeAdjustment - 1/23/2013 7:50 AM
My daughter-in-law forwarded that too me on FaceBook a few days ago, it’s been making the rounds there. The dolphin definetly knew the divers would help, it even went up for a breath and came back down to the diver to finish :)
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WarmWaterTurner - 1/23/2013 9:01 AM
I really love the fact that the divers hands appear to be slightly shaking. Talk about an incredible experience. How could one ever expect to find themselves in such an amazing situation! Awesome work Diver!
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j1mbr0wn - 1/23/2013 4:15 PM
I was fishing recently off Stuart and a dolphin started stealing my bait (finger mullet). As soon as I realized he (she?) was there, we pulled in all of our lines and just tossed a few mullet in the water near the boat. In hindsight, it was probably stupid to encourage and reward the dolphin for going after our lines, but we were rewarded with a nice visit and a few tricks.
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Scuba-Smurf - 1/25/2013 1:39 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21176914

Here’s the link to an interview with the diver who filed the whole thing :)