A video of a fisherman on a U.S. beach who accidentally caught a great white shark, removed the hook from its mouth, and immediately released it back into the ocean has gone viral.
The released footage shows the fisherman pulling the shark into the shallow surf, climbing onto its back, and prying its mouth open to remove the hook. After a colleague handed him a pair of pliers, he quickly extracted the hook, and the shark returned to the sea in about 15 seconds.
Netizens were stunned by the sight of him fearlessly putting his hands into the mouth of a great white shark, famously known from the movie "Jaws." While some expressed concern over the dangerous act, others praised him for the swift release of a protected marine species.
(Reported by Yang Hyun-yi | Video by Seo Byeong-wook | Graphics by Lee Jeong-ju | Source: New York Post, Instagram (@acksharks, @bryner_oliveira) | Produced by SBS Digital News)
The released footage shows the fisherman pulling the shark into the shallow surf, climbing onto its back, and prying its mouth open to remove the hook. After a colleague handed him a pair of pliers, he quickly extracted the hook, and the shark returned to the sea in about 15 seconds.
Netizens were stunned by the sight of him fearlessly putting his hands into the mouth of a great white shark, famously known from the movie "Jaws." While some expressed concern over the dangerous act, others praised him for the swift release of a protected marine species.
(Reported by Yang Hyun-yi | Video by Seo Byeong-wook | Graphics by Lee Jeong-ju | Source: New York Post, Instagram (@acksharks, @bryner_oliveira) | Produced by SBS Digital News)
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