Man films great white shark in shallow water in Mexico
- 7 years ago
Man films great white shark in shallow water in Mexico
When Pearson and his friend, Eric Mack, realized that what they were witnessing was a great white, they are clearly stunned.
'That's a f****** white shark,' Pearson says in the video. 'Holy s***!'
According to Pearson, the shark wasn’t stuck, and swam in and out of the shallow water several times.
Pearson and Mack first believe the mammoth creature has been caught in a gill net before noticing two huge propeller wounds on its back.
Deciding the shark isn't stuck but feeding on stingrays as it circles through the water that is no more than three-feet deep, Pearson gets an up-close look before the predator flashes its razor sharp teeth.
At one point Pearson shows how close his house is to the animal - no more than two miles away.
'To see such a huge shark in basically my front yard was quite unnerving,' he said.
After watching the video, officials at the Marine Conservation Science Institute in California shared it on their Facebook page, explaining that 'the injuries from the boat propeller would likely not kill the shark'.
'They are exceptionally tough with incredible healing ability,' the institute wrote last Thursday in a post.
Pearson believes that the shark ventured in to the shallow waters in order to hunt for stingrays. Mark Domeier, marine biologist and president of the institute, agreed.
'White sharks are generalists (and scavengers) when it comes to diet,' Domeier wrote on Facebook. 'In other words they will eat whatever they want at that moment!'
This is the incredible moment a man is perilously close to a 14-foot-long great white shark stranded in shallow waters outside his home.
Dale Pearson waded into the Sea of Cortez, Mexico, on May 27 after he spotted what he initially thought was a hammerhead shark.
Video captures the moment he soon realizes he's standing just a few feet away from the animal with the highest recorded number of fatal attacks on humans.
Don't get TOO close! Shocking moment man wades up to 14-foot great white shark to FILM it as the wounded killer beast flailed around on the shoreline
Dale Pearson and Eric Mack waded into the Sea of Cortez in Mexico on May 27
They believed they spotted a hammerhead shark before identifying it as a great white
The friends first believed the 14-foot shark was caught in a net before noticing two huge propeller wounds on its back
Pearson then sees that the shark is circling the water looking for stingrays to feed on as it rests from its injuries
Video shows the shark was swimming in three-feet water no more than two miles away from Pearson's seaside home
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When Pearson and his friend, Eric Mack, realized that what they were witnessing was a great white, they are clearly stunned.
'That's a f****** white shark,' Pearson says in the video. 'Holy s***!'
According to Pearson, the shark wasn’t stuck, and swam in and out of the shallow water several times.
Pearson and Mack first believe the mammoth creature has been caught in a gill net before noticing two huge propeller wounds on its back.
Deciding the shark isn't stuck but feeding on stingrays as it circles through the water that is no more than three-feet deep, Pearson gets an up-close look before the predator flashes its razor sharp teeth.
At one point Pearson shows how close his house is to the animal - no more than two miles away.
'To see such a huge shark in basically my front yard was quite unnerving,' he said.
After watching the video, officials at the Marine Conservation Science Institute in California shared it on their Facebook page, explaining that 'the injuries from the boat propeller would likely not kill the shark'.
'They are exceptionally tough with incredible healing ability,' the institute wrote last Thursday in a post.
Pearson believes that the shark ventured in to the shallow waters in order to hunt for stingrays. Mark Domeier, marine biologist and president of the institute, agreed.
'White sharks are generalists (and scavengers) when it comes to diet,' Domeier wrote on Facebook. 'In other words they will eat whatever they want at that moment!'
This is the incredible moment a man is perilously close to a 14-foot-long great white shark stranded in shallow waters outside his home.
Dale Pearson waded into the Sea of Cortez, Mexico, on May 27 after he spotted what he initially thought was a hammerhead shark.
Video captures the moment he soon realizes he's standing just a few feet away from the animal with the highest recorded number of fatal attacks on humans.
Don't get TOO close! Shocking moment man wades up to 14-foot great white shark to FILM it as the wounded killer beast flailed around on the shoreline
Dale Pearson and Eric Mack waded into the Sea of Cortez in Mexico on May 27
They believed they spotted a hammerhead shark before identifying it as a great white
The friends first believed the 14-foot shark was caught in a net before noticing two huge propeller wounds on its back
Pearson then sees that the shark is circling the water looking for stingrays to feed on as it rests from its injuries
Video shows the shark was swimming in three-feet water no more than two miles away from Pearson's seaside home
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4593438/Man-films-massive-great-white-shark-shallow-water.html#ixzz4jn4bhttr
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