Saturday, January 29, 2011

Sedatives used to free whale from fishing line (AP)

In this Dec. 2010 photo provided by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, a North Atlantic right whale is seen entangled in rope off the coast of Daytona Beach, Fla. Researchers succeeded on Jan. 15. 2011 in using sedatives fired from a dart gun to calm down and free an endangered North Atlantic right whale tangled in fishing line.(AP Photo/Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission)AP - Researchers have a new tactic to save endangered whales tangled in fishing line: Get them to calm down with sedatives shot from a dart gun so they can pull closer and cut the potentially fatal gear away.


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