800-pound sea turtle tangled in rope set free in New York

Published June 30, 2014 8:41am EDT | Updated February 5, 2015 3:15pm EST

EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. – An 800-pound sea turtle that became tangled up in rope in East Hampton, Long Island, has been set free.

The 5-foot-long reptile got entangled off Gardiners Island around 3 p.m. Sunday.

Scientists from the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation responded after getting a call from the U.S. Coast Guard.

According to Newsday, after marine biologists cut the rope the turtle dove and swam away.