This is the stuff that nightmares are made of.
On a recent diving adventure in Guadelupe, one diver got the surprise of his lifetime. A boat had cages in the water with divers who were witnessing the sharks up close. The boat put large chunks of tuna into the water to lure the animals close to the cages. As the camera operator explains,
When a great white shark lunges and bites something, it is temporarily blinded. They also cannot swim backwards. So this shark lunged at the bait, accidentally hit the side of the cage, was most likely confused and not able to swim backwards, it thrust forward and broke the metal rail of the cage. There was a single diver inside the cage. He ended up outside the bottom of the cage, looking down on two great white sharks. The diver is a very experienced dive instructor, remained calm, and when the shark thrashed back outside the cage, the diver calmly swam back up and climbed out completely uninjured. The boat crew did an outstanding job, lifting the top of the cage, analyzing the frenzied situation, and the shark was out after a few long seconds.
Although the shark is clearly injured and bleeding as it exits the cage, a marine biologist onboard the boat said that it was seen the next day swimming and seemed fine. We have to give the boat crew credit for remaining calm and not attacking the shark once it was in the cage with the diver.
