Massive shark lunges at boat, gobbles up bait as surprised onlookers watch
Incredible footage launched Wednesday confirmed a terrific white shark baring its enamel as it lunged at bait hanging off a tour boat in Mossel Bay, South Africa, simply six toes away from an underwater videographer filming with a GoPro digicam.
“I feel a sense of excitement every time I see a great white shark,” English videographer and dive crew member Mark Graham informed British press company Media Drum World. “The sharks come right up to the boat, often investigating people in the cage in a curious manner figuring out what they are.
“This specific shark was possibly six-to-nine-feet from the boat,” he added.
An incredible white shark snatched the bait off a shark tour and guided dive off of South Africa June 1, 2023. (Photo supplied by MEDIA DRUM WORLD)
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Graham captured his footage from an underwater cage, together with footage taken from on board the boat, whereas out on a shark tour and dive with guests eager to get up close and personal to some of the world’s most feared predators.
However, the videographer is passionate about these underwater creatures and works hard to change people’s misguided perceptions when it comes to sharks.
“I feel people have an instinctive concern of what they’ll’t see and don’t perceive,” he said. “I feel the mainstream media has a giant half to play in perpetuating and exaggerating negative stories about shark encounters. I don’t suppose the fame is justified.”
Divers in a cage off of South Africa get up close and personal to great white sharks June 1, 2023. (Photo provided by MEDIA DRUM WORLD)
Graham pointed out that each year more and more people enter the ocean, and in 2022, there were only five fatal shark attacks.
“Whilst people kill over 11,000 sharks an hour,” he explained. “Sharks are simply sharks, they’re animals they’re not monsters, study to understand them for what they’re, not what you suppose they’re.
“If you get the chance to see them in the wild go and see them, I guarantee your perception will change,” he added.
An incredible white shark approached a diving cage off the coast of South Africa June 1, 2023. (Photo supplied by MEDIA DRUM WORLD)
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Though Graham has been on many shark dives and excursions, he mentioned this encounter was totally different, noting that nice white sharks are often tentative and sluggish to method the boat.
The skilled diver was excited to see not solely the shark go after the bait in such a ferocious method, however famous that 4 different nice white sharks got here up to the cage and circled the boat with out being prompted by bait or chum.
The sharks opened their jaws and got here withing six toes of the cage to research, curious concerning the encounter.
An incredible white shark approached a diving cage off of South Africa June 1, 2023. (Photo supplied by MEDIA DRUM WORLD)
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“It was incredibly exciting,” Graham reportedly mentioned, noting that not one of the company felt scared, and even these weary about coming into the water finally obtained into the cage to expertise the sharks underwater.
“Great white sharks more often than not are extremely slow and curious staying just below the surface investigating the boat and the cage,” Graham defined. “So when we do have active days, where the great whites show how effective they are as predators breaching out of the water and lunging for the bait, it is amazing to see.”