Watch A Team of Heroes Save an Entangled Whale
Clip: Season 38 Episode 9 | 3m 17sVideo has Closed Captions
Whales have been turning up entangled, injured or dead in record numbers.
Whales face major threats from plastic and fishing gear entanglements and have been turning up injured or dead in record numbers, with a 300% increase in humpback entanglements in the last 5 years. In a never-before-filmed sequence, witness a group dedicated to disentangling whales as they undergo the dangerous process of trying to cut free a whale trapped by a rope while not harming themselves.
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Major support for NATURE is provided by The Arnhold Family in memory of Henry and Clarisse Arnhold, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, The Fairweather Foundation, Charles Rosenblum, Kathy Chiao and...
Watch A Team of Heroes Save an Entangled Whale
Clip: Season 38 Episode 9 | 3m 17sVideo has Closed Captions
Whales face major threats from plastic and fishing gear entanglements and have been turning up injured or dead in record numbers, with a 300% increase in humpback entanglements in the last 5 years. In a never-before-filmed sequence, witness a group dedicated to disentangling whales as they undergo the dangerous process of trying to cut free a whale trapped by a rope while not harming themselves.
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Clip: S38 Ep9 | 2m 1s | Through a number of clues, wildlife filmmaker Tom Mustill is determined to find the whale (2m 1s)
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