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Deb and Steve Dauphinais had been diving on the sand flats off Jamestown, Rhode Island, when Deb noticed the 16-inch juvenile shark with its head caught inside a piece glove on the backside of about 35 toes of water.
GLASTONBURY, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut couple’s scuba diving journey in Rhode Island on Monday changed into a mission to rescue a child shark.
Deb and Steve Dauphinais, of Glastonbury, Connecticut, had been diving on the sand flats off Jamestown, Rhode Island, when Deb Dauphinais noticed the 16-inch (41-centimeter) juvenile shark with its head caught inside a piece glove on the backside of about 35 toes (10 meters) of water.
Deb Dauphinais, a dive teacher, stated she thought the shark was useless, however when it twitched she motioned for her husband to return over and assist.
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“He came to visit and did his personal little double-take,” she stated.
She stated her husband tugged on the glove, which appeared to be suctioned to the shark’s head, however it will definitely popped free.
Deb Dauphinais stated they weren’t afraid of being attacked by what gave the impression to be a juvenile Dogfish shark, however had been cautious, in case it snapped at them.
“It type of checked out each of us, didn’t take a look at all injured, acquired its equilibrium again after which swam off again to the place it’s imagined to be,” she stated.
Deb Dauphinais, who has been an teacher for about 30 years, stated this isn’t the primary time she has rescued a marine animal in misery. A couple of years in the past, she freed a black sea bass that had been hooked on a discarded fishing line, she stated.
“There are numerous tales of underwater sea creatures being killed by underwater sea trash,” she stated. “It’s an ongoing concern that’s close to and pricey to my coronary heart. However these are the one occasions I’ve been capable of save one thing, a minimum of a shark, like that.”
