Baby whale shark in Fujairah [video]

A group of fishermen busy across Fujairah coast last week was surprised to have a rare visitor in their nets.
 
A baby whale shark got stuck in their nets, which was subsequently set free into the waters.
 
The incident filmed by a staffer of Divers Down Diving Centre in Fujairah shows curious locals gathering around the rare 'catch'.

 

A baby whale shark got caught in a net of fisherman working off east coast in #Fujairah. . . . #emirates_247

A video posted by Emirates24/7 (@emirates_247) on Dec 19, 2015 at 10:50pm PST

On their Facebook page Divers Down UAE posted the video and wrote: "SO THIS HAPPENED!!!! A baby whale shark got caught in a net yesterday afternoon at our beach. Thanks to everyone who helped getting it back out to sea. We hope to see the whole family while diving in the next couple of days!"
 
The fishermen had some work at hand before they could guide the baby visitor back to the waters.

They had to cut their nets open, grab it by its tail, turn it around before setting it free.

Follow Emirates 24|7 on Google News.