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In the protected waters between lives the last viable population of dugong in the western Indian Ocean. The dugong is a marine mammal that can grow to be more than three metres long. Its diet ...

A dugong, caught along with fish, was released by kind-hearted fishermen who cut their nets to do so. A video of the good samaritans showed them cutting their fishing net to set free a trapped dugong.