Italian coast guard works to free sperm whale from fish net

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In this image taken from an Italian coast guard video a whale trapped in a fishnet in the waters near the Eolian islands, in the Mediterranean Sea. Italian coast guard divers were working Sunday to free a sperm whale which was entangled in a fishing net near a tiny Mediterranean island. In a coast guard video, a diver can be seen slicing away some of the net in the waters surrounding the Aeolian Island archipelago. The operation to set the sperm whale free was made particularly difficult due to its state of agitation" that doesnt allow continual intervention near the creature, the coast guard said in a statement. (Italian Coast Guard via AP)