Whale says thanks
Each winter for nearly 20 years, Great Whale Conversation co-director Michael Fishbach has travelled with other research scientists to the Sea of Cortez off Mexico's west coast to study blue and humpback whales. In 2011, he and his team spotted a humpback whale trapped in a fishing net and spent an hour freeing it. Afterwards, in an hour-long display of thanks, the whale swam near their boat and leapt into the air about 40 times.