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And that’s why being on dry land is the best place to be, folks.
Sharks are pretty awesome creatures, but they are much more awesome when you are watching them on TV during shark week, not when you’re near them in their territory. Because sometimes they might try to make a meal out of you like this cameraman found out firsthand, or like this teen who literally had to punch a shark in the nose to get away. Or, like the video below shows, a man who was taken a chunk out of while spearfishing.
A man who was spearfishing in the Florida Keys filmed the moment a shark comes out of nowhere and attacks him.
Here’s how the man describes the attack:
The short clip of me getting attacked by a 7-8ft reef shark. We were spearfishing near Middle Sambo reef off Boca Chica in the Keys on Sunday when this shark came out of nowhere. He first went at my dive buddy Justyn but immediately turned toward me. He first bit my left fin then took a chunk out of the right one before biting my leg and cutting the speargun line. I assumed he was trying to steal the black grouper i was holding. But after I lost the grouper and watched it swim to the bottom, the shark kept coming at us! Justyn went back down for my gun and actually shoved it in the sharks mouth like a badass!!!! The shark then took it straight to the bottom while we rushed back to the boat and safety. Always dive with a buddy and someone who is trained in first aid! I would not have made it back to the boat without the help of another strong swimmer and would have bled out had I not been patched up so well by Amanda. The shark tore through the skin, fat tissue, muscle, muscle sheath, and unfortunately my tibial artery which caused me to lose more than a liter of blood.
Yikes. Check out the intense video below.
That’s one lucky dude, especially when this was the aftermath.
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