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Dolphin asked diver for help with fishing line(video)

Cork boy 55 · 2013-01-24 16:41:21

Amazing An underwater camera has captured the moment a dolphin that became entangled in a fishing line was freed by a diver in Hawaii. Martina Wing, who filmed the footage, said that the dolphin seemed to "communicate" with the diver to ask for help. Speaking to BBC Breakfast's Jon Kay and Louise Minchin from Hawaii, she…

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Amazing

An underwater camera has captured the moment a dolphin that became entangled in a fishing line was freed by a diver in Hawaii.

Martina Wing, who filmed the footage, said that the dolphin seemed to "communicate" with the diver to ask for help.

Speaking to BBC Breakfast's Jon Kay and Louise Minchin from Hawaii, she described the experience as "mind-blowing".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21176914

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL9I4BxuryY

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#2 27-01-2013 09:18PM

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I should have put asked in "asked" in the thread title LOL

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That's an amazing video. It certainly does appear that the dolphin deliberately approaches the humans to ask for help.

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