Mommy Seal Freed From Strangling Fishing Line

Denzil and Naude from Ocean Conservation Namibia saw this adult female Cape Fur Seal at Pelican Point, Namibia, and it was clear she needed help. She was sleeping amongst a group of other large seals, and covered in thick commercial fishing line. It was clear that it had been on her for a while, as she looked a little thinner than she should be at this time of the year.
They ran after her and Naude managed to secure her in the net and they got to work cutting her free. The strange thing was that the fishing line look as if at had been purposefully braided. No idea why - maybe to use it as a kind of rope, or maybe to make it even stronger. Either way, the effect was that it was way to strong for her to possibly shake it off herself, and would have surely led to her death in the near future.
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Видео Mommy Seal Freed From Strangling Fishing Line канала Ocean Conservation Namibia