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A man saved a manatee after it got tangled in the rope of a crab trap in Safety Harbor and it was all caught on video.

The manatee had rope wrapped around its head and was thrashing around. That's when one witness jumped into action and decided to try to free it.

“I’m a little concerned to be honest with you,” Christopher Beksha could be heard saying as he approaches a manatee in distress near the pier at the Safety Harbor Marina Monday afternoon. ”This ain’t exactly what I would volunteer to do but this I what happens you when love animals."

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