We missed two seals - but we scored another one! To find out more about our work, please like, comment, share and subscribe to our videos and visit: https://www.ocnamibia.org/ https://gogetfunding.com/Seal/ https://www.patreon.com/OCN Merchandise now available at: https://teespring.com/stores/ocean-conservation-namibia https://twitter.com/NamibiaOcean https://www.instagram.com/oceanconservationnamibia/ https://www.facebook.com/OCNamibia

In this double rescue, Antoine and Naude from Ocean Conservation Namibia manage to rescue not one, but two seals from entanglement. Naude secures the adult female in the custom build seal rescue net, and Antoine catches the seal pup by hand. The pup has a deep cut from a piece of fishing line, the wound is visibly painful and would have caused the animal severe discomfort and pain. Naude brings out the hook from his Leatherman Raptor Scissors, and withing second, the animal is free to go. He stumbles over the other seal and makes his way back to the ocean. The other seal has been patiently waiting in the net. Antoine and Naude find the fishing line around her neck and remove it. The entanglement must have happened not too long ago and there is no visible damage to the seal's neck. She struggles to get out of the net because one of her flippers is stuck, but eventually she waddles back to the ocean. Both rescues took just a few minutes, and two lives have been saved, thanks to the rescuers. To find out more about our work, please like, comment, share and subscribe to our videos and visit: https://www.ocnamibia.org/ https://gogetfunding.com/Seal/ https://www.patreon.com/OCN Merchandise now available at: https://teespring.com/stores/ocean-conservation-namibia https://twitter.com/NamibiaOcean https://www.instagram.com/oceanconservationnamibia/ https://www.facebook.com/OCNamibia

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An unusual rescue for Ocean Conservation Namibia! Naude and Antoine received a call late in the evening on 18 April 2021 about a beached Mola Mola, also known as sunfish. She was still alive, but not able to get herself back into the water. Sunfish are magnificent creatures and - with a bit of luck - can be spotted in our area. We do not know why this 400kg sunfish came so close to shore. Lately, we have had a bit of a naturally occurring sulphur eruption in our ocean, and oxygen levels can be low as a result. Maybe this Mola Mola was trying to get close to the waves, hoping to find water with higher oxygen content? Together with fellow CrossFit athletes Tari, Hein and Wessel, they managed to put her on a tarpaulin to protect her skin from scratches, and they gently pulled her back into the ocean. Naude and Hein swam out with her and made sure she was stable enough to swim on her own. It's hard to predict if she will survive, or if she had other reasons to beach herself, but we will be on the lookout and we are hoping for the best. To find out more about our work, please like, comment, share and subscribe to our videos and visit: https://www.ocnamibia.org/ https://gogetfunding.com/Seal/ https://www.patreon.com/OCN Merchandise now available at: https://teespring.com/stores/ocean-conservation-namibia https://twitter.com/NamibiaOcean https://www.instagram.com/oceanconservationnamibia/ https://www.facebook.com/OCNamibia

It's hard to tell if this female seal really remembered us when we recaptured her to follow up on her healing progress - but once she was allowed out of the rescue net, after Naude had checked up on her, she totally relaxed and "posed" in front of the rescuers, as if she was showing off her old entanglement scar. Maybe she remembered that we helped her, and that we are no threat to her. Recaptures are very important for Ocean Conservation Namibia, they are the best proof that rescues work, especially when we get our hands on a seal like this. She clearly had a very deep entanglement, and there is no sign of injury left, she is strong and healthy and simply beautiful. To find out more about our work, please like, comment, share and subscribe to our videos and visit: https://www.ocnamibia.org/ https://gogetfunding.com/Seal/ https://www.patreon.com/OCN Merchandise now available at: https://teespring.com/stores/ocean-conservation-namibia https://twitter.com/NamibiaOcean https://www.instagram.com/oceanconservationnamibia/ https://www.facebook.com/OCNamibia

This rescue is what we have been training for. Naude and Antoine spotted a seal in dire need of help. There was a thick role of fishing line wrapped around her neck. But she was also very far away, she was on the other side of a little valley, on the rocks, behind other rocks, amongst thousands of seals, all of them were expected to run into the water once we started chasing them. Originally we wanted to record it as entanglement sighting, which is code for impossible rescue due to the location or size of a seal. But we tried anyways, luckily. To us, this was probably our most intense rescue so far. It involved 2 hours of observing and planning, a long stalk, an accidental seal attack from above, some slipping on the rocks with cuts and bruises for Naude, and Katja and the kids on the walkway on watch to report any movement of the entangled seal, to make sure we would not lose sight. In the end, we got "lucky" because the seal's entanglement was hooked on a rock, and we could get to her and save her life. This rescue is one of our favorite rescues of all times, it is a reward for all our hard work over the years. Even a few months ago, we would not even have attempted this. To find out more about our work, please like, comment, share and subscribe to our videos and visit: https://www.ocnamibia.org/ https://gogetfunding.com/Seal/ https://www.patreon.com/OCN Merchandise now available at: https://teespring.com/stores/ocean-conservation-namibia https://twitter.com/NamibiaOcean https://www.instagram.com/oceanconservationnamibia/ https://www.facebook.com/OCNamibia

The rescuers from Ocean Conservation Namibia (OCN) are used to strong smells. Our beaches are full of seal poop and decomposing seals, all part of a healthy, but smelly ecosystem. At Moewe Bay, they were pushed beyond their tolerance, because some of the rock pools high up in the rocks had been stewing for a long time. Denzil's stomach was the first to give in. Luckily Naude and Wally managed to catch and rescue a tiny pup from the "mystery entanglements", and Denzil was also able to step in. The entanglement was very tight and the rescuers needed each other's help to free the little one. Smelly or not - each seal deserves to be rescued from plastic entanglement. OCN member Kat was the only one who didn't flinch - but she has the huge advantage of being a trained mortician! To find out more about our work, please like, comment, share and subscribe to our videos and visit: https://www.ocnamibia.org/ https://gogetfunding.com/Seal/ https://www.patreon.com/OCN Merchandise now available at: https://teespring.com/stores/ocean-conservation-namibia https://twitter.com/NamibiaOcean https://www.instagram.com/oceanconservationnamibia/ https://www.facebook.com/OCNamibia

Ocean Conservation Namibia's rescuers Denzil, Naude and Francois immobilised an entangled seal in their rescue net, when Denzil spotted a second entangled sea wobbling past. They quickly grabbed "Number Two" and cut a fishing line loop off the seal's neck, before they went back to "Seal One". They had to reposition the seal in the net, and they opened the top zipper to assess the wound. The entanglement had been stuck around the seal's neck for a while, the wound was deeply infected and looked very sore. Naude gently cut the packaging strap to break the tension, and he carefully pulled it out of the wound. The rescuers could feel the seal's relief once the tension was cut. Naude took a piece of fur for scientific research, and he checked the seal's sex for our database, and he opened up the front zipper to let her go back to the ocean. We get a lot of inquiries why we do not use any antiseptic sprays or antibiotics. We are not veterinarians ourselves, but we have asked seal specialist about this issue and they have advised against it for a multitude of reasons. Please remember that our seals are strong and healthy, and that the salty water of the ocean acts as a strong disinfectant. To find out more about our work, please like, comment, share and subscribe to our videos and visit: https://www.ocnamibia.org/ https://gogetfunding.com/Seal/ https://www.patreon.com/OCN Merchandise now available at: https://teespring.com/stores/ocean-conservation-namibia https://twitter.com/NamibiaOcean https://www.instagram.com/oceanconservationnamibia/ https://www.facebook.com/OCNamibia

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