A close-up of rescuing the giant whale shark was strangled by a rope

During a trip to Hawaii, an American family caught a whale shark with a rope wrapped around their necks and they managed to save the animal from the endangered list.

According to National Geographic, a family diving in the waters off Kaunolū on the island of Lanai of Hawaii caught a whale shark.

The sighting of whale sharks in the ocean is a rare sight because the number of these fish is declining.

Whale sharks are being rescued from strangled ropes.

Joby Rohrer, the father in the family, said: "We saw the animal swimming very slowly, it looked very painful. It had three scars on its neck because of the rope being strapped."

After filming a shark image video for a while, the family decided to coordinate to rescue the shark from the rope that was increasingly rubbing its neck. Only by diving and diving, Joby Rohrer dived to 18 meters, each dive for about 2 minutes to save the shark.

After half an hour, Joby Rohrer and his son cut off the rope, rescuing the shark.

Brad Norman, a world-leading expert on whale sharks, said the string may have strangled the animal for at least a few months. If it is not saved, it could be life-threatening. This whale shark is estimated to be about 20 years old.

is the largest shark and also one of the largest surviving fish species of the largest size. It is also the only species the diver can swim around without any danger.