Incredible footage shows RNLI heroes rescuing a humpback whale - entangled in a lobster rope line.
The large mammal with a distinctive white tail, which had been seen locally in Cornwall months before and named Ivy, had sadly become trapped in lobster pot lines in Mount's Bay, West Cornwall.
Four rescuers from the RNLI managed to free the humpback whale after a rescue mission that took around 30 minutes on choppy seas.
The large mammal with a distinctive white tail, which had been seen locally in Cornwall months before and named Ivy, had sadly become trapped in lobster pot lines in Mount's Bay, West Cornwall.
Four rescuers from the RNLI managed to free the humpback whale after a rescue mission that took around 30 minutes on choppy seas.
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00:00 [Music]
00:03 They've got a pole with a hook on it.
00:09 Oh bloody hell! Do you see the tail?
00:15 Did they manage to unhook it now? I think they have. Oh my god!
00:21 I think they've done it. Has it gone? There it goes.
00:27 Where is it? To the right, about 30 yards to the right.
00:31 Woohoo! There. Oh my god!
00:37 They're following it now. Look at its tail.
00:44 Oh that is brilliant. Oh let's not bother going to the camera.
00:47 Oh I'm gonna cry. Look at that. It's waving with its tail.
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