Nice Video of Snorklers and Swimmers Coming to the Aid of a Cayman Turtle

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The turtle had a large fish hook embedded in it's neck and fishing line wrapped around a flipper. It's ends with a request from a young girl to clean up garbage whenever you see it in the ocean:

Swimmers remove hook from turtle’s neck | Cayman Compass
Love it - thanks for posting! Interesting that the turtle did not appear to freak out and try to flee when approached - seemed to understand it was being helped?
 
Love it - thanks for posting! Interesting that the turtle did not appear to freak out and try to flee when approached - seemed to understand it was being helped?

It does seem like the turtle was patiently asking for and accepting help! I don't know if that is true of if it was just so distressed that it couldn't flee, but it didn't seem to even try to struggle; like it understood that help was being offered.

Below is a video from Australia and it appears like this manta is asking for help from snorkelers to remove a fish hook embedded near it's eye:
Injured manta ray asked for help, divers say
 
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