4 ms·
Joe Howlett worked saving whales caught in fishing lines. Immediately after making a second cut (of fishing lines), the whale struck the kodiak with its fluke,
by RangerScience 8y ago
Joe Howlett worked saving whales caught in fishing lines. Immediately after making a second cut (of fishing lines), the whale struck the kodiak with its fluke, which did something to Joe that killed him.
It is unclear from the article whether that second cut freed the whale, or what the whale was attempting to do with its fluke, and the article does not list a cause of death.
The title is answered in the two paragraphs beginning with "Joe took his place at the bow, standing ready with his gaff"
- pvaldes 8y agoWhales and, dolphins also, are muscular animals that can kick really hard. The whale probably just wanted to dive, lowered the body, and put the head vertical. The tail follows and raises quickly in the air in this case before the dive. > "The tail struck Howlett with roughly a tonne of force" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/campobello-whale-rescue-funding-1.4287869 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/campobello-whal...