Divers off the coast of Mexico recently tried to free a humpback whale wrapped up in fishing gear — with a shark in tow, video shows. Conservation officials labeled the undertaking as “dangerous.”

The attempted rescue mission took place in the turquoise waters of the Gulf of California, near the city of La Paz, on June 5.

“Working hard trying to rescue an entangled (humpback) whale near Espiritu Santo island,” Chabe Castillo wrote in a Facebook post . “There was still a shark in that net !! Crazy!!”

A video posted by Castillo shows the marine mammal swimming close to the rocky shore with a thick bundle of fishing gear — including twisted ropes and numerous buoys — ensnared around its tail.

Attached to the entanglement was a shark, seemingly lifeless, whose body had become intertwin

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