TGIF – Handy with a knife

By para_sight, on November 30th, 2012 2 comments   Pictures and Movies   Baja, Mexico, scuba diving, whale sharks  

There’s a video been doing the rounds this week showing a remarkable bit of quick work with a knife, wherein a diver near Baja Mexico removed ropes that had entangled a large female whale shark. Don’t try this at home, kids…

2 comments to TGIF – Handy with a knife

• Tim

  November 30, 2012 at 09:15 · Reply

  Hi,

  here is a slightly longer version of the video showing a second whale shark wounded by a boat motor. Start at time point 3:50 of the video.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLyoIb9fLCI&feature=youtu.be

  Just makes me sad to see such great animals wounded like this.

  tim

  • para_sight

    November 30, 2012 at 14:57 · Reply

    On the upside Tim, they appear to have great healing capacity and I am reasonably confident that both animals will recover from these injuries.