We must be careful about assigning human motives to animals, especially fish. However, whale sharks are known to interact with humans occasionally, and this fellow had a good reason to approach a fishing boat. The shark had a rope wrapped around its midsection. The fishermen drew the shark close enough to saw the rope loose, and lovingly told the whale shark to take off. The whale shark even seems to wave to them as it realizes the rope is gone. (via reddit)
Yay for whale sharks!
ReplyDeleteWhen I’ve tried to do a guided swim with them, I discovered guides keep them in sea pens (nets) for easier tourism. Forget that, I gave up the dream of abuse for fun whale-bothering tours altogether and so should they be stopped. Nice moment though.
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