auto_transcript: I'm gershon common cofounder with
michael Fisch back over violence toots great will Conservancy Michael spends two months in the Sea of
Cortez every winner photographing Blue Fin back and humpback
whales to help track these magnificent animals
across our oceans while observing the complex behaviors in
the wild on Valentine's Day in 2011 Michael his
family in a few friends were presented with a
rare opportunity a chance to save the life for the humpback whale their efforts were captured on film
here's their incredible story a definite videos much this I this we on Valentine's day while plying
the waters at the Sea of Cortez I came upon a young humpback whale that
appeared to be dead we floated next to the whale for several
minutes but we saw no signs of life suddenly the whale rose slightly in the
water and forcefully exhale rise I decided to ease into the
water with my snorkeling gear in order to assess the situation year I quickly discovered the whale was
severely entangled in the gillnet the type to use by local fishermen as I
swam alongside the animal are eyes met there were no words we
could share but I wanted to let the will know that we were there to help it took some effort to stay focused given rate motion
at the moment the site this large and beautiful
creature trapped in so close to death was almost overwhelming and I must admit I was a bit scared because I knew the
will was frightened in 30 but could still kill me with one
panicked movement the situation was indeed bleak the tail
was entangled in so much gear it was weighted down a full 15 feet
below the surface both pectoral fins were him to the side
its body and the nylon gill net min all the way
up the wheels back lowered up the dorsal fin all in I'm little yeah a break it out I got is I got it dorsal fin reacted patrick is back at his cloak Search
Group I made a bid headway put it seem to break a task so I
went back aboard two radio for we were told that perhaps in an hour or someone else would arrive
and we all knew that by then it might be too late while I was working
around the pectoral fin by both the extra virgin when I have
managed to get some other than that polled over the side of our ponga I came
back aboard and withholding cut the Nets fast as we could we were maneuvering the
boat in the proper position with the paddle and only had one small
knife but after great effort managed to free one of the pectoral fins in he knows what feel like doing gotta be able to breathe
to oh no he's right here up in sense in a spark of freedom the young whale started to swim taking
us on a Nantucket sleigh ride through the sea of cortez
for about a half a mile yeah on taken for a ride well I hope about lecture the whale eventually tired came back up right underneath us
you thinkin about we continued to grab more and more net hall and cut Hall uncut and after nearly
a half hour the other pectoral fin que mostly free
well hoop and when the whale tired we began
cutting the net of the powerful tail fluke them them on Skype got the Cougars upside down lol grilling trying to now wake up gratified I a helping hand camp I yeah I am I gotta got up iPad let her go along with it finally
after about an hour exhausting work we decided we had
another nada bored to make the final cut we were hoping the nothing that was of
the flu to free her called way of whitewater ok of gold in by all all wild golf group yeah name lol Yahoo wah fun yeah hall and I said nah up think she slowly swam away but about 500
feet from our bocce reached hi into the year I cleared all
the net from underneath the boat and we headed off 5 tired but
exhilarating people the boat-building nylon bad you know like yeah a yeah yeah okay for the next hour she provided
us with an incredible full surface display we saw at least 40
breaches as well as hell lobs hell slaps and
packed world in slabs I all we all believed it was at least a show
of pure joy if not thanks I hurt what is she doing a show to yeah he said thank you the thing okay I'm we followed her for about four miles
over the next hour and said goodbye needless to say we were all proud and thrilled that we
see this fantastic young life it was an incredible experience that
none of us will ever forget yeah I got a little bit
overnight did you get a little I D and I'm gonna get a break up we're at
war Michael in iMovie alright get a break the great we'll
Conservancy was launched in 2010 to advocate for the great whales they
need our help and protection to survive to learn more about our current efforts
and find out how we can work together please call or email us and visit the
Great Wheel Conservancy website
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