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Dolphin approaches diver for help

Willie Liston, 'Redding [cleaning or preparing] the line'; Newhaven fisherman by National Galleries of Scotland Commons
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When a dolphin needed help off the coast of Hawaii, he was determined to let a scuba instructor know. Keller Laros was leading a group of divers on a tour of the waters off of Kona, Hawaii, on Jan. 11. He often goes on his dives with professional underwater videographers and this night was no exception. But as Laros, his camerawoman and the rest of the group began their dive, nothing seemed out of the ordinary. "All of a sudden I heard a loud squeak, and I turned around, and the dolphin was literally three feet behind me," Laros said. "He swam right up to me." The bottlenose dolphin slowly swam around Laros, the other divers, and manta rays -- which were what the divers had been gone down to see in the first place -- when they heard the squeak.

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dolphin

Overall Sentiment: 0.138492

Relevance: 0.899691

Keller Laros

Overall Sentiment: -0.0483423

Relevance: 0.883121

Sentiment	Quote
-0.0956181	"All of a sudden I heard a loud squeak, and I turned around, and the dolphin was literally three feet behind me," Laros said. ...
-0.097786	"All of a sudden I heard a loud squeak, and I turned around, and the dolphin was literally three feet behind me," Laros said. "He swam right up to me."
0.262714	"We've seen five of those dolphins at this dive site at the night dive before. They're very curious and intelligent animals," he said. ...
0.0842284	"We've seen five of those dolphins at this dive site at the night dive before. They're very curious and intelligent animals," he said. "Dolphins are really social animals. In the past we've seen at least two [at this site]."
0.0925269	"I said, 'come here,' and he swam right up to me," he said. ...
0	"I said, 'come here,' and he swam right up to me," he said. "I put my hand out and I was able to get the fishing hook out of his left pectoral fin. The fishing line came from his mouth down through the hook in the left pectoral fin, and then was wrapped all the way around the pectoral fin and it trailed off down the side of the animal."
0.522481	"I guess the dolphin was happy with our work. He swam away and we never saw him again," he said. ...
0	"The dolphin was big -- maybe up to ten feet long," he said. ...
0.0147401	"The dolphin was big -- maybe up to ten feet long," he said. "I was worried when I was removing the fishing line if I hurt him, he could inadvertently be startled and hurt me. I was concerned, but not frightened."
Sentiment Stats:	Number of Quotes: 9 Aggregate Sentiment: 0.7832863 Mean: 0.087031811111111 Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689

Martina Wing

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.175036

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Organization: Dolphins

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.520376

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