Humpback Whale Freed

In a photo released by the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, a snarled humpback whale can be seen dragging line and a plastic buoy, that was lodged in its mouth which is part of the debris that wildlife scientists freed from the whale, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2006, near Lanai, Hawaii. Each year, an estimated five thousand humpbacks migrate to warmer Hawaiian waters from their North Pacific feeding grounds to give birth, mate and socialize. (AP Photo/NOAA, Ed Lyman) (Source)