Melbourne, Australia-Tourist Nash Core admits that he felt some fear when he and his 11-year-old son got into the ocean off the coast of Australia to help rescue a large 10-foot white shark stranded in shallow waters.
Three local men managed to return to the distressed animal of a sandbar to deeper waters after a rescue effort of almost an hour on Tuesday near the coastal city of Ardrossan in the state of southern Australia.
“He was sick or … simply tired,” said Core, who was visiting with his family from Gold Coast in the state of Queensland. “We definitely put it in deeper waters, so I hope you are still swimming.”
The unusual interaction of human jugs occurred while Core was traveling through Australia with his wife, Ash Core, and his 11 -year -old Parker, and Lennox, 7.
Nash Core used his drone to film the video of the twisted shark before he and Parker decided to help the trio that struggled to move the shark to deeper waters.
“To be honest, I had some ideas about, oh, why am I going out here?” Core recalled Thursday.
“When leaving, my little son, Parker, turned to me and said … ‘My heart is beating.’ I said: ‘Yes, mine is also hitting quite fast,'” added Core.
The three men had used crab rakes, a rake garden tool to dig small sand crabs, to move the shark to deeper waters when the father and son arrived.
Core said he decided not to push the shark itself.
“They … they got it in deeper waters where I thought it was probably not a good idea to go further. That is their territory and I will stay behind,” he said.
Core said the rescuers later told him that they had never seen a postponed shark before.
The Wildlife Scientist at Macquarie University, Vanessa Pirotta, said that while shark sharp were not common, they became more visible through social networks.
There could be a number of reasons why marine animals such as sharks could stir, including diseases and injuries. The shark could also have pursued in the shallow waters, Pirotta said.
“If you see something like this, human security comes first,” Pirotta said. “You can contact the environmental authorities … Who will make someone appropriate to come and help”?
