A stranded killer whale calf was helped back into the sea by a fire and rescue team in Magadan, eastern Russia.

Footage from September 16 shows the team twisting the animal around so it was facing the open ocean before pushing it towards the deeper water.

On the morning of September 16, the Fire and Rescue Service received a message from an eyewitness that a killer whale cub was observed in shallow water in Gertner Bay, which was stuck on the shallows and could not go to sea on its own.

Rescuers, firefighters and volunteers arrived at the place of the call. Together, the killer whale was turned to the sea and watered for several hours, since the animal was only half in the water. After waiting for the tide and the rise in the water level, rescuers and residents of Magadan pushed the killer whale cub and helped him move off the shallow, after which the baby was able to go to sea on its own, where the family was waiting for him.

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