That was the experience of a scuba diver in the Atlantic Ocean who let out a whale of a scream when a shark came at him while he was filming underwater.
In a video posted to YouTube
Friday, the diver’s companion is seen treading water in the midst of
one shark while he suddenly points frantically at another shark now
coming directly toward the diver with the camera.
The diver's gurgled scream is
followed by a brief silence and then laughter, or, more likely,
unfettered relief, as the shark swims away.
The startled diver had good
reason to scream considering the whale shark is the largest fish in the
sea, at a length of at least 40 feet, according to National Geographic.
But the shark was most likely
just intrigued by the new creatures in the sea rather than wanting to
have the pair for lunch. National Geographic reports the preferred meal
of whale sharks is plankton, the small organisms that drift and float in
the ocean.
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