NOT SURE WHY ITS TAKEN SO LONG FOR THIS STORY TO CIRCULATE BUT ON DECEMBER 14, 2005 THE SAN FRANSISCO CHRONICLE REPORTED ABOUT THE RESCUE OF A FEMALE HUMPBACK WHALE WHO HAD BECOME ENTANGLED IN A WEB OF CRAB TRAPS AND LINES. ABOUT 20 CRAB POT ROPES, WHICH ARE 240 FEET LONG WITH WEIGHTS EVERY 60 FEET, WERE WRAPPED AROUND THE ANIMAL AND THERE WAS A LINE IN HER MOUTH. A FISHERMAN SPOTTED HER JUST EAST OF THE FARALLON ISLANDS (OUTSIDE THE GOLDEN GATE) AND RADIOED AN ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP FOR HELP. WITHIN A FEW HOURS, THE RESCUE TEAM ARRIVED AND DETERMINED THAT THE ONLY WAY TO SAVE HER WAS TO DIVE IN AND UNTANGLE HER. THEY WORKED FOR HOURS WITH CURVED KNIVES AND EVENTUALLY FREED HER. WHEN SHE WAS FREE, THE DIVERS SAY SHE SWAM IN WHAT SEEMED LIKE JOYUS CIRCLES. SHE THEN CAME BACK TO EACH AND EVERY DVER, ONE AT A TIME AND NUDGED THEM, PUSHED THEM GENTLY AROUND AS IF SHE WAS THANKING THEM. SOME SAID IT WAS THE MOST INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCE OF THEIR LIVES. THE GUY WHO CUT THE ROPE OUT OF HER MOUTH SAID HER EYES WERE FOLLOWING HIM THE WHOLE TIME AND HE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. HOW CAN WE CONTINUE TO HUNT THEM WHEN WE HEAR STORIES LIKE THIS?
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