Humpback whale gets tangled in nets. Watch ‘extremely dangerous’ rescue operation
Hindustan TimesA video of a group of rescuers freeing a humpback whale tangled in nets has gone viral. Posted on the official Facebook page of Sea World in Australia’s Gold Coast, the video shows how the rescuers reached the whale by boat to help it. “Head on-board with the Sea World Foundation team as they joined the Queensland Fisheries MART agencies in a delicate rescue operation to successfully disentangle a 10-metre adult Humpback whale from the shark control program net at Mermaid Beach this morning,” they wrote as they posted the video. “The whale was reported late on Monday afternoon, but with poor weather, sea and light conditions, the rescue team embarked before first-light this morning to commence the operation. The rescue teams worked collaboratively to successfully disentangle the whale from two vessels using specialised cutting equipment to remove all the netting from the whale’s head and pectoral fins in around an hour,” they added.
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