Stricken dolphin who 'asked' Hawaii diver for help: Moment mammal stuck on fishing line pushed itself into scuba instructor and waited patiently to be freed

Vatic Note:  Is it because they are mammals that this occurs?  Can they telepathically know us from their sonar?  I know this has worked both ways.  I know of an instant where a dolphin saved the life of a drowning child by lifting him up out of the water so he could breath.  Same with a dog that fell out overboard.

That leads to the question,  "Can dolphins feel "love"?" If so, what other emotions besides love and fear, can they feel?  This was a great watch.  It takes the dolphin some time to pick out who he wanted to help him and when he did, things turned out good.  watch the video.  It was great for many reasons, but helping the dolphin was one of the best.

Stricken dolphin who 'asked' Hawaii diver for help: Moment mammal stuck on fishing line pushed itself into scuba instructor and waited patiently to be freed
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2266794/Stricken-dolphin-asked-Hawaii-diver-help-Moment-mammal-stuck-fishing-line-pushed-scuba-instructor-waited-patiently-freed.html
By Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED: 21:01 EST, 22 January 2013

A dolphin tangled in fishing line sought help from a diver in the waters of Hawaii. 

The amazing encounter on January 11 was captured on video and the diver, Keller Laros, spent the better part of eight minutes tending to the needy mammal who readily accepted the help.

Mr Laros was leading a group of snorkelers for a manta ray dive experience off the Big Island's Kona International Airport when the dolphin squealed out.

The diver explained, 'The way he came right up and pushed himself into me there was no question this dolphin was there for help.'

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Human intervention: The dolphin swam straight to the diver, seeking help

Pain: The dolphin was entangled in fishing line and a hook was lodged in its pectoral fin

The group were enjoying the aquatic sights when suddenly they heard a dolphin cry and the bottlenose dolphin swam in their direction.

Mr Laros told KITV how he soon noticed that the dolphin's movements were inhibited because it was entangled in fishing line and a hook was lodged in its pectoral fin.

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The mammal allowed the human to work to help the dolphin break free. 

'I was trying to unwrap it, I got the line fishing hook out of the pectoral fin. There was a line coming out of his mouth. But, the line wrapped around his pectoral fin was so tight and he had cuts both front and aft,' said Laros.
 
'I was worried if I tugged on it, it might hurt him more. I was able to cut the fishing line and unwrap it.'

Cry for help: The diver said that the way the dolphin approached him, 'there was no question this dolphin was there for help'

Free: The diver removed the fishing hook and clipped the line that was near the mouth but the dolphin swam away before he could remove the entire fishing line

The diver said that the animal patiently and calmly allowed him to work to remove the fishing line. 

'I've had bottlenose dolphins approach me a lot of times and they are really smart animals,' Laros, Laros, a professional scuba instructor and Manta Ray researcher, explained. 

Mr Laros did remove the fishing hook and clipped the line that was near the mouth but as other divers joined Laros and tried to remove more fishing line, the mammal swam off and did not return. 

(VN:  The videographer updated this and said she talked to the diver and he was able to removed all line and hook from the dolphin.) 



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