February 23, 2023 my friend and I went diving out on the west side of Oahu. I spotted this turtle with fishing line wrapped around its front left fin and leading to its mouth. Thankfully there was no hook. We were able remove all of it. We theorize that it had gotten tangled in the line and the turtle was trying its best to untangle itself by biting and gathering up the line in its mouth. We eventually found the rest of the fishing line tangled on the reef and were able to remove it. We assume the line was flown out using a drone given that we were over a quarter mile from shore. The fishing line we found had the same color and amount of degradation as the one on the turtle. Our theory is that the turtle had gotten tangled, was able break free, then tried removing the fishing line itself.
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Спасли. Спасибо.
Doing the work god doesn't.
良かった😊
That look in the end.
"The audacity of taking away my fashion!".
The problem is that turtle is floating and had huge swell on neck, means got gas and infection and can’t sink to bottom to feed itself, if no rehab and antibiotics,it will die 😢💔
Wonderful ❤
Not all heros wears cape
Beautiful the turtle was there for a while just to say thank-you.
Great work saving that honu!!
God bless all u Ocean Heroes❤🙏🏼
Thank you for your persistence ! If it could thank you I'm sure it would ! God Bless.
거북이를 구해 주셔서
감사합니다
고생 하셨어요😊😊😊
This Rescue Operation should have carried out best in dry land or in a boat, much easier to do and a lot less suffering to turtle, plz consider those options in the future. But very pleased one turtle is free again. Plastic is the Enemy of the Ocean, land and the wildlife, STOP PLASTIC USE !!
poor thing
Plastics have become the bane of wildlife.
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착해요
Great 🎉.
for every one turtle with a plastic straw in its nostril there are 10,000 sea turtles ensnared in discarded fishing gear and yet we outlaw plastic straws but NOT plastic fish gear??!!!
You could easily drown it if doing this in open water.
we all are grateful for your proactive rescue operation….and for your act of kindness
SUPER! 👍🙎♂️🙎♂️❤🐢👍👏👏👏👏
Thank you🤩🐢❤you
Danke ! Danke danke…
Wouldn't it have been easier out of the water?
Thank you good humans! He seemed to calm down a bit when he realized you were helping.
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Merci les gars ❤
Thank you guys. God Bless you both.
Why is it that when these guys do a rescue, it doesn't matter Turtles, Whales, what ever, their knives can't cut butter!! My God those knives are as dull as I am!! They should be using wire cutters, and pliers. Sharpen your damn knives if you're going to save marine life. Nice save though.
Heroes! 👍👍👍👍
Ser desumano nojento, se não fosse pela minha filha queria que fossemos exterminados
Awesome!
Saving an innocent life, using learned skills, having the guts to make it real, is what proves us we are truly human ! Kudos !
That was hard and a magnificent turtle rescue. Fantastic!!! Thank you so much.
Bless you! All of you!❤❤❤
Você está judiando dela puxando a linha
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