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The folks at Whale Watch Western Australia were left astonished after witnessing what looked like a rescue effort by a pod of orcas. A young humpback whale had a net on its tail. Orcas, the ocean's apex predators, suddenly approached the struggling animal. They swam beneath the humpback whale and freed him. It's not confirmed whether this was an accident or deliberately done by the orcas, but it was a miracle nonetheless!

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