Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Saving Valentina


Any pet owner can probably tell you at least one story of rescuing their pet from harms way. Especially those sneaky little kittens and puppies as they begin new discoveries whether its in the bathroom tub,a kitchen cabinet, or underneath the couch.
And I bet any owner who did rescue their pet from harms way received some expression of gratitude from them, too.

I remember risking a cold winter's day to take the dog for a walk, only for about half a block. He would unfortunately step upon a patch of ice and he suddenly began to limp on one of his paws. Thankfully my initial reaction was to grab his paw and thaw it by rubbing it to which his paw immediately became okay to walk on. The dog would then rub his nose on me as a show of gratitude. Sometimes we don't really think about it enough, but animals do carry emotions with them.

In the amazing story of Saving Valentina, which you can see on
You Tube, some fishermen encounter a humpback whale entangled in fishing line in the Sea of Cortez.

It is hard to even imagine how much fishing line it would take to entangle one of the largest creatures in the sea. But there was enough line to entrap this animal that it would take the fishermen over an hour to free him.

Upon their initial discovery of this great mammal, the animal appears to be dead; until they see some movement of the whale as it tries to free itself while they hear his disturbing distress calls for help.

They cut net from each of his fins individually and would then successfully free him completely. The whale would then swim off and put on quite a show of gratitude for his rescuers. For over one hour he would display over 100 breaches high in the air (like the ones in the photo) and some fin slaps.(you can also view this show on the video on You Tube)

His display of gratitude brought forth such grace, beauty, and majestic art that it is hard to deny that we live in the presence of One Great Creator.

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