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If you read the front page story of the San Francisco Chronicle,
you would have read about a female humpback whale
who had become entangled in a spider web of crab traps
and lines.

She was weighted down by hundreds of pounds of traps that caused
her to struggle to stay afloat. She also had hundreds of yards of
line rope wrapped around her body, her tail, her torso, a line
tugging in her mouth.

A fisherman spotted her just east of the Farralone Islands
(outside the Golden Gate) and radioed an environmental group for
help.

Within a few hours, the rescue team arrived and determined that she
was
so bad off, the only way to save her was to dive in and untangle
her...
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a very dangerous proposition.

One slap of the tail could kill a rescuer.
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They worked for hours with curved knives and eventually freed her.

When she was free, the divers say she swam in what seemed like joyous
circles.

She then came back to each and every diver, one at a time, and nudged
them,
pushed them gently around - She thanked them. Some said it was the
most incredibly beautiful experience of their lives.
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The fellow who cut the rope out of her mouth says her eye was
following him the whole time, and he will never be the same.
You''ve got to love it.

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