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Here is an amazing video that was taken at a beach resort in the state of Florida in the United States of a man wearing a red shirt desperately trying to capture a pelican who is attempting to fly away! This remarkable scene became a huge topic of discussion with online viewers everywhere after the video was posted on YouTube!

At first, the motivation of the man appears to be unclear but later on, his courageous action will end up actually saving the life of this pelican!

Two men’s courageous actions!

A man with red clothes is able to capture the pelican with only his hands!

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Here is the man attempting to hold down the large bird and the pelican appears to be quite a handful! Another man arrives on the scene and the pair begin the process of removing the nylon fishing line!

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A closer look reveals that the pelican’s beak is tangled with a large amount of nylon fishing line that has somehow gotten wrapped around the beak of the bird! This is a very distressing situation!

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It is a mystery as to how the bird got tangled up with the nylon fishing line but it’s clear that the pelican is a victim of of the growing amount of plastic debris being tossed into the world’s oceans by the careless actions of mankind.

A man who gently cuts the fishing line so as not to damage the mouth of the large bird.

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As one man holds the bird, the other man gently removes the nylon fishing line around the pelican’s beak!

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The man carefully checks for foreign objects inside the mouth of the pelican.

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Finally, the two men release the bird and to the pelican dies away to freedom!

Please take a look and watch the extended video below.

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What did you think?

These gentlemen should be commended for making such an effort to help this pelican who would most certainly have died if the fishing line hadn’t been removed! These guys really are heroes!