The whale was about eight meters (25 feet) long, Jacobs said, indicating it was still "quite young". The rope appeared to be tangled around the whale's left pectoral fin, she said.

SYDNEY: Wildlife rescue teams scoured Australia's east coast on Monday (June 9) to find and free a distressed humpback whale tangled in a rope.

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