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Bizarre Rescue Sees Divers Save Kangaroo That Found Itself Over a Mile from Dry Land

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A fishing crew led by diver and farmer Jake Murray rescued a male kangaroo approximately 3 kilometres offshore in Boston Bay near Port Lincoln, South Australia. Murray kept the waterlogged, exhausted animal calm while the crew brought it aboard; the kangaroo rested on the beach after being returned to shore.

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