Family Saves Humpback Whale, Awe-Inspiring Cuteness Ensues

While boating in the Gulf of California, a photographer and his family stumble across a juvenile humpback whale who is near death after getting tangled in a net. This is their story. SPOILER ALERT: Awwww. posted on July 19, 2011 at 10:48am EDT

Gavon Laessig BuzzFeed Staff posted about a year ago

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jesstune a year ago

did that dude HAVE to wear a red speedo? ugh.
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AMAZING!!
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D’aww, so beautiful!
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My thoughts exactly, Julian.
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Some trolling comments:
-Think of all the meat and candles that whale would have provided!
-They should have just let nature take its course and left the whale to die in that nylon net. No, seriously, that’s beautiful. Good work.
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I really want to watch this but it’s too long.
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