Incredible footage of a dolphin in distress appears to show the mammal asking for help from divers in Hawaii.
A group of divers on a night swim off Kona on January 11 were watching manta rays feeding on plankton when they were approached by a bottlenose dolphin entangled with a fishing line between its mouth and left pectoral fin.
The dolphin, which appeared to have its movement restricted by the line, swims up to one of the dive instructors with the group, who cuts the dolphin free from the line.
The woman who shot the footage, Martina Wing, was certain the dolphin approached the group for assistance.
"The animal clearly asks for help. The dolphin stayed for about seven-eight minutes," she told nzherald.co.nz.
