Thanks to the collective efforts of locals and tourists, a shark stranded on Kerala’s Varkala beach was rescued. Now, a touching video capturing their initiative is going viral and winning hearts online. The cartilaginous fish became entangled in a fisherman’s net and was pushed back into its habitat after more than three hours of combined efforts.

"Today, we save a life. At about 8 am this morning, on our way to surf lesson, we saw this whale shark stranded on the beach. There were a few local people and tourists trying to help it," said @surferboy_varkala in an Instagram video. Also Read | Bride drives her own ‘doli’ in a Thar, leaving the internet amazed| Viral video

Locals and tourists tried pushing it back from the shore so that it could swim into deeper water, but were unsucce

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