Whitetip Reef Shark Rescue

I've filmed this footage a few years ago while diving with a friend of mine, strong current dive at South Gordon (Tiran, Red Sea). Suddenly we've found a young whitetip shark on the bottom, it was hooked to a fishing line stuck on a fire coral, it was near death. So my buddy has broken part of that fire coral, taking care not only for the possible little shark's bite but also in touching the dangerous fire coral. He couldn't cut the line because we didn’t have a knife (in the Red Sea it's not allowed to dive with a knife), but he was able to remove weights from the fishing line. Surely the young shark cut the line a few hours later with its sharp teeth (usually the hook comes off a few days later).

Music courtesy of Nicolas Bulostin

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