A six-metre long whale shark has been rescued by officials from the Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi and the National Aquarium.
Abu Dhabi media office has posted a video showing how the first operation of its kind was carried out.
The shark had lost its way and was stranded in a lagoon in Al Bahiyah.
Rescue teams had just one opportunity to guide it into a special bag, they succeeded and then towed it out into the Arabian Gulf.
A monitor was attached to the critically endangered shark before it was released to track its progress.
When a 6m whale shark lost its way and became stranded in a lagoon in the Al Bahiyah area of #AbuDhabi, @EADTweets together with @Thenationalaq stepped in to perform a first-of-its kind procedure to relocate it back to the Arabian Gulf. pic.twitter.com/6wdytJjL40
— مكتب أبوظبي الإعلامي (@ADMediaOffice) December 6, 2020
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