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A humpback whale was discovered entangled in a fishing line with a thick rope off the coast of South Golden Beach, Australia

The Sea World Foundation and Marine Rescue Brunswick Heads worked together on a rescue operation to free the marine mammal

After an hour of working in gusting winds, the rescuers successfully removed the rope from the whale's tail

Rescuers saved an entangled humpback whale from a fishing line off South Golden Beach, Australia, according to the Sea World Foundation.

On Thursday, Sept. 11, Sea World Foundation rescuers conducted an operation to remove the whale after someone from the public reported the whale "in a compromised state" to the Organisation for the Rescue and Research of Cetaceans in Australia (ORRCA).

After the call about the ailing a

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