Great white sharks are trapped in shallow Australian water rescued by locals with the assistance of an 11-year-old boy

Visitor Nash Core admitted that he felt a little scared when he and his 11-year-old son wade into the ocean near the Australian coast to help rescue a 10-foot great white shark stranded in shallow water.

After nearly an hour of rescue work was conducted Tuesday near the coastal town of Ardrossan, South Australia, three local men managed to return the troubled animals to deeper water from the sand warehouse.

"It's either sick or... just tired," said Kurd, who visited his family from the Gold Coast in Queensland. “We’re definitely going to put it in deeper water, so hopefully it’s more than just swimming.”

The core encountered unusual human interaction while traveling in Australia with his wife Ash Core, their sons Parker (11) and 7-year-old Lennox.

Nash Core used his drone to film a video of the twisted shark, and Parker decided to help the three who worked to move the shark into deeper water.

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Nash Core took a video of a twisted shark with a drone. AP

"To be honest, I do have some ideas, oh why am I going here?" The core recalled Thursday.

“When we went out, my youngest son Parker turned to me and said… ‘My heart was beating.’ I said, “Yes, my beating was fast, too. ”

The three used the crab rake (a garden-like rake tool that digs out small crabs from the sand - moving the shark into deeper water when the father and son arrive.

Cole said he decided not to push the shark.

"They... put it in deeper water, and I think going further might not be a good idea. It's its territory and I'll stay."

Rescuers later told him they had never seen a beach shark before, Kuhl said.

While shark chains are not common, they are becoming increasingly obvious through social media, said Vanessa Pirotta, a wildlife scientist at Macquarie University.

Marine animals like sharks can be stranded, including diseases and injuries, and there may be many reasons. Pirota said sharks can also chase their prey to the shallows.

"If you see something like this, human safety is the most important thing," Pirota said. "You can contact the environmental authorities...who will let someone have the right people to assist."

According to the Australian Shark Event Database, shark attacks in Australia are rare, with 255 fatal bites recorded in the 27 million country since 1791.

but, Surfers were killed A shark in southwestern Australia last month. Another surfer is believed to be dead After a shark attack in South Australia in early January.

In 2023, there is a Disproportionate numbers According to the attack on the Global Shark Attack Database carried out by the University of Florida. However, last yearAustralia reported nine unprovoked bites, a considerable decrease compared to the country's five-year average of 15 years.