Well, work seems to be looming large in my blog this week...but it has been fun. Today we did a Large Whale Disentanglement Exercise where we practised cutting ropes/nets off prosthetic whales.
It truly was a whale of a time... The first picture is of me posing on the surf rescue boat. The second is of me at work - using the gaff to cut a rope off the tail off the "whale".
In reality this task is very difficult, tiring and dangerous - performed at sea in marginal conditions. Today we were on the river, with slow, compliant pretend whales and beautiful weather...
Being able to practice this type of work often is the key to success in a real life situation. Luckily the populations of both Humpback Whales and Southern Right Whales are on the increase in our hemisphere. Unluckily for them, they are therefore statistically more likely to get tangled up in crab/fish trap lines or nets.
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