How did a giant of the sea end up trapped in shallow coastal waters?

A massive whale became stranded in Indonesia, prompting local residents to launch a rescue operation.

This is near Riung, Indonesia.

A large whale is lying in shallow seawater, looking completely exhausted.

Measuring an impressive 25 meters in length, it was a blue whale that found itself trapped and unable to return to the deep sea due to the receding tide.

Residents and rescue workers checked on the whale's condition while bailing seawater with buckets and pouring it over its body.

Waiting for the high tide and mobilizing 10 fishermen's boats, they successfully guided the whale back to the deep sea after 12 hours.

The residents, who refused to give up until the end, saved the whale.

(Source: YouTube @Om Tuk, @IBNUNTTChannel, @Lamahalot, @RichardoJunior10)