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Whale is SAVED by fishermen who tow it out to sea after it gets beached on the coast of Chile
Source: Daily Mail
Whale is SAVED by fishermen who tow it out to sea after it gets beached on the coast of Chile
- Surfers struggled to free the large whale after it became beached
- Fishermen arrived and used ropes to free the whale from the shallows
- The magnificent whale was freed off the coast of northern Chile
By Tom Wyke for MailOnline
Published: 17:42 EST, 29 December 2015 | Updated: 17:54 EST, 29 December 2015
A 65-foot whale has been saved by fishermen during a three hour rescue operation after it became beached off the coast of Chile.
The huge creature was rescued after a lengthy rescue operation was staged to tow it back out to sea.
Video footage shows beach-goers, who had been surfing, struggling to move the whale as it was rocked backwards and forwards by the waves.
Thankfully a group of fishermen came to the aid of the whale and managed to help the surfers free the distressed animal.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3378032/Whale-SAVED-fishermen-tow-sea-gets-beached-coast-Chile.html#ixzz3vlfR3yj2
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Whale is SAVED by fishermen who tow it out to sea after it gets beached on the coast of Chile (Original Post)
Judi Lynn
Dec 2015
OP
Chile turned all of its Pacific Ocean territorial waters into a whale sanctuary
Number9Dream
Dec 2015
#4
I'm ok making a distinction between a single giant mammal and a boatload of fish.
Ed Suspicious
Dec 2015
#7
I derive my life sustaining nourishment from the flesh sea creatures. Sardines are considered to be
Ed Suspicious
Dec 2015
#9
burrowowl
(17,652 posts)1. K&R!!!!!!
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)2. k&r
Joe Shlabotnik
(5,604 posts)3. Good thing they weren't Japanese 'scientists' n/t
Number9Dream
(1,563 posts)4. Chile turned all of its Pacific Ocean territorial waters into a whale sanctuary
chernabog
(480 posts)5. So these fishermen will save a whale...
But kill a ton of other sea creatures. Makes perfect sense.
ToxMarz
(2,169 posts)6. Even Jesus said "Teach a man to fish..."
Maybe it wasn't Jesus, but I like fish.
Ed Suspicious
(8,879 posts)7. I'm ok making a distinction between a single giant mammal and a boatload of fish.
Maybe not perfect sense, but it makes sense.
chernabog
(480 posts)8. How does it make sense?
A life is a life, no?
Ed Suspicious
(8,879 posts)9. I derive my life sustaining nourishment from the flesh sea creatures. Sardines are considered to be
a nearly perfect source of protein and supplier of omega 3 fatty acids.
I am an omnivore, but strangely enough I don't eat my dog. It makes sense to me.
chernabog
(480 posts)10. You can get everything you need from a plant based diet.
Much better for the environment too.
saltpoint
(50,986 posts)11. I really like this story. eom
trillion
(1,859 posts)12. Thank you for good news
glad they saved it.
trillion
(1,859 posts)13. I hope this whale really is saved and doesn't beach itself again. I wonder why it came to the beach
NickB79
(19,274 posts)14. It was that or the forklift