This article highlights six instances where sea animals sought the assistance of humans, and were actually aided. The incidents include a dolphin getting tangled in fishing gear and approaching divers for help, a whale nudging a boat to save a seal, a beluga whale retrieving a phone from the water and returning it to its owner, a seal swimming into a harbor to escape killer whales and seeking refuge on a boat, a shark allowing a diver to remove a fishing hook from its mouth, and a manatee approaching kayakers and attempting to remove a plastic bag from its back.
