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Fisherman climbs onto whale to cut away tangled fishing net

Footage from off Peru shows a man using a knife to free the animal before celebrating its release.

Channel: Al Araby Arabic channel ·

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The knife is there to cut the net, not harm the whale. A fisherman off Peru swims alongside the enormous animal, climbs onto its back and begins slicing through the fishing gear tangled around it.

Qatar-based Al Araby Television identifies the fisherman as Jonathan Quispe. Presenter Lana Koulghassi says he spotted the whale while working and entered the water to help because the net was restricting its movement.

The report introduces the encounter with a question: what would you do if a whale appeared beneath your boat? Quispe's response unfolds in the footage shown later in the segment. Holding his knife above the water, he gets close enough to work on the net from the whale's back.

Koulghassi describes the circulating footage as a real encounter, not AI-generated imagery. The sequence shows Quispe cutting away the entanglement until the whale is freed, followed by his celebration in the water.

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