Distressed dolphin asks divers for help

[Mysturji]

And they got it on video. Amazing!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21176914

[John_fi_Skye]

Fabulous. Do people eat dolphins?

[Mysturji]

Only the Japanese.

[cronus]

They reckon it was hanging around asking for help but given its situation it wasn't exactly capable of swimming anywhere else?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

They reckon it was hanging around asking for help but given its situation it wasn't exactly capable of swimming anywhere else?

No, it could have gone away easily, swimming wasn't that limited. But it was hoping the humans could get it out of that situation.

[Jason]

My dogs often get their lines tangled on things and whine for help.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

My dogs often get their lines tangled on things and whine for help.

I was working at my desk one day when a kitten jumped up and sat down beside the monitor. It was just looking at me and it took me a minute realize it had a needle hanging from its mouth. I pulled on it and got about two feet of thread out of the cat. The barbs on their tongues make it hard for them to get something like that by themselves.

[charlou]

A rather nice example of animal observational intelligence and empathy.

[JimC]

A rather nice example of animal observational intelligence and empathy.

And the dolphin too...

[Thinking Aloud]

They reckon it was hanging around asking for help but given its situation it wasn't exactly capable of swimming anywhere else?

No, it could have gone away easily, swimming wasn't that limited. But it was hoping the humans could get it out of that situation.

Either that or when it got tangled, it thought, "You bastards got me into this mess, you can damn well get me out of it again. "

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Long line fishing has killed a lot of marine mammals. I hope they learn to steer clear of them, but a free meal in the ocean is hard to pass up.

[orpheus]

My dogs often get their lines tangled on things and whine for help.

I was working at my desk one day when a kitten jumped up and sat down beside the monitor. It was just looking at me and it took me a minute realize it had a needle hanging from its mouth. I pulled on it and got about two feet of thread out of the cat. The barbs on their tongues make it hard for them to get something like that by themselves.

You may well have saved its life. Evidently long pieces of thread, string, yarn, dental floss, etc. can quickly do horrible things to a cat's intestines. It's often a situation that calls for emergency surgery. (And they like chewing on these things. Which is why vets often advise watching out for such dangers in one's home, as well as letting cats play with such toys only under supervision).

[Gawdzilla Sama]

My dogs often get their lines tangled on things and whine for help.

I was working at my desk one day when a kitten jumped up and sat down beside the monitor. It was just looking at me and it took me a minute realize it had a needle hanging from its mouth. I pulled on it and got about two feet of thread out of the cat. The barbs on their tongues make it hard for them to get something like that by themselves.

You may well have saved its life. Evidently long pieces of thread, string, yarn, dental floss, etc. can quickly do horrible things to a cat's intestines. It's often a situation that calls for emergency surgery. (And they like chewing on these things. Which is why vets often advise watching out for such dangers in one's home, as well as letting cats play with such toys only under supervision).

Yeah, I had to put a dog down because of an obstructed bowel once. He was howling by the time I was called in to help. One of the few times a hand gun came in useful outside of a combat zone.