WATCH: Great White Shark Beached in Massachusetts Rescued by Beachgoers

It's not uncommon for creatures in the sea to end up beaching themselves. Whales are well-known for beaching themselves due to sickness, injury, old age, or any number of things. But what happened recently on a beach in Nantucket is truly something you don't see every day.

The Nantucket Current shared a remarkable video of a great white shark that had beached itself and was struggling to get back into the water. Great whites are constantly swimming, because staying in motion is how they get oxygen. When they beach themselves, the clock is ticking.

Greg Pentecost, who studied Oceanography and Marine Biology at the University of Hawaii said in a post on Quora that most large shark species can only survive minutes outside of water, much like humans if we were without air.

Rather than just leave the shark there to die, Liza Phillips, who has a home in the area with her family, ran to the animal's rescue. That's something you wouldn't expect, considering how dangerous this type of shark can be (especially in the situation it was in).

Liza, along with her friend Ted Rock (yes, that's his name), did what they could to get the shark unbeached. After a few attempts and quickly jumping back to safety a few times, the great white made it back into the water.

Would you go to a great white shark's rescue? I certainly wouldn't. Who knows what could happen if that tail whips around, or worse, manages to grab an arm in its jaw out of fear? Luckily, everyone, including the shark, was okay.