Fatal Great White Shark Attack at Cape Cod! | Shark Week | Discovery

[@MelissaLee-sk9ki]

Biggest hugs to his mother. That interview was heartbreaking to watch. The raw pain in her voice I could feel in my ❤️ . I’ll take the Mountains over the beach any day

[@kellygallagher7911]

People died in the mountains to just to let you know

[@trashedbodomguy]

Mountains have cats and rattlers.definitely just as dangerous

[@MelissaLee-sk9ki]

@@trashedbodomguy I can run in the mountains though. In the Ocean I’m a dead fish floating 🤣🤣🤣 Dark water terrifies me so I will stay away!

[@NoOne-kr4jc]

@@trashedbodomguy How in the world is it _just_ as dangerous?? Look at the attacks per year!

[@NoOne-kr4jc]

@@kellygallagher7911 of course! People have died to rattlesnakes too! How many attacks per year in the ocean are there compared to the mountains?

[@StLProgressive]

I’m terribly sorry for the loss of life. Truly. I have a 25 year old son. I can’t imagine that hell. However, the ocean isn’t a big pool. It isn’t our habitat. When you enter the ocean, you’re essentially entering the habitat of millions of wild animals, some of which are higher on the food chain than we are and may be dangerous. This is essentially like entering big cat territory and expecting not to become prey if those lions are hungry enough. All of that being said, there are an estimated 900+ great whites that cruise Cape Cod in the summer. If we were truly on their menu, there would be attacks daily. The risk is low, but it’s still there.

[@jenniferhayes346]

Thank you for this comment. I couldn't have said it better myself. I grew up on the Cape and the risk of sharks was nothing like it is now, but we knew even back then that entering the water meant encountering something we were essentially outmatched. I hate that this happened, but in the end, we cannot value tourist dollars over a natural ecosystem's actual health and recovery. I like to think that when the Pilgrims landed, the dance of the sharks and seals was the same as today because of the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

[@mattcecil6692]

Sounds similar to a case down here in Australia of a girl about a year younger than myself. She was surfing with her father at Esperance and lost her leg above the knee in front of her father, mother and sister. She was 17 when that happened a few years back. Horrific way to go for the victim and all who witness it. I live on the Eastern side of Australia so we get loads of bull and tiger sharks but not as many whites in Queensland. When you do get them, it's almost a privilege to see them in their habitat, you just make sure no one can risk themselves or the shark.

[@Handlethetruth666]

Everyone knows the risks. The ocean is beautiful but also dangerous

[@jph2856]

at a distance, this time intimate and ugly

[@jamesdaple9951]

Unfortunately

[@karlmarks6065]

Volcanos are beautiful but I wouldn't swim in one lol

[@romewasnotbuiltinaday]

ya but the risks are increasing every year b/c of the growing seal population on the cape so it's hard to gauge.

[@xtherealest]

They know the risk but still decide to go into the water. It's their choice and sometimes people pay with their life because of it. It's a beautiful place but extremely dangerous. If there's seals, there's great white sharks and because they're used to hunting seals at that area those great whites aren't just curious, they go straight to hunt mode striking at pretty much anything. You can see people peacefully swimming and splashing around great whites and they're just fine, they're on a normal beach but once the seals are there it's just extremely dangerous and even for the sport I don't think I would choose to surf in a place like that. You're asking to get killed if you go into water like this.

[@th.burggraf7814]

Dang it ! It's gut wrenching to hear this mother reliving that traumatic experience once again.

[@Justicia007]

He was just a kid 😢

[@pookie6669]

Aunt

[@eljefe308]

My heart reels for the mother. My brother passed in a motorcycle accident and my mom said the same exact thing about him, that it looked like he was just peacefully sleeping.

[@PositiveVibes360]

nothing can comfort the heart of parents who have lost heir child. i have seen my parents going through the same pain till their last breath

[@tariqbaroudi2432]

Any death is a sad one, but listening to the people talking. They said there was a seal's colony around, whattttt???? No one and I mean no one should be swimming around seal's, anyone that does that signed his or her own death certificate, this is exactly what happened here. I love the ocean and it's beautiful, but I respect it and know what's in it, that's why you won't see me go more than knee deep, helllllllllll nooooooooo. If I'm going to go swimming I do that in the pool.

[@xtherealest]

Those people know that there's seal around and they still choose to swim there. After you step into that water you're pretty much signing a death certificate and it's purely on luck, you're standing on very thin ice and it's just about if you encounter a shark and you die or you don't and you survive but with every visit that chance rises. Knowing seals are nearby nobody could get me in. I'm not afraid of sharks normally but when it comes to these places you're one feet standing in a coffin already and that feeling that you know that there's 100% a great white shark lurking somewhere nearby trying to find a seal and at any moment might bump into you is something that would just keep me out of the water. It's a beautiful place that lures it's victims in by the beauty of the waves and generally the conditions for surfing that are excelent there but that can change real quick and it doesn't always have to be because of a shark. A jellyfish might get you too and that wouldn't be great either. There's signs everywhere about the dangers but they don't listen.

[@Fishingaddict760]

The ocean if your antidepressant until your leg is bit off lol

[@alexandracummings2852]

I agree,dumb thing to say

[@ct1762]

@@alexandracummings2852 no dumber than saying anything else you love outdoors . name something outdoors that hasn't killed many people. i'll wait.

[@thanumgaming]

No major trauma centers within an hour drive? Yikes!

[@petedog9581]

No helicopters?

[@maryf259]

He was dead by the time he reached the beach.

[@Justicia007]

They need helicopters for that purpose. It's a quick trip by helicopter to the Boston hospitals. In this case it wouldn't have helped but in the next case it might. The traffic bottlenecks in that area and it makes it almost impossible to travel by car. This is the second serious attack one fatal off of Cape cod.

[@ajmcgillivray9823]

The closest trauma center to where that happened is St. Luke’s in New Bedford, which is 81 miles from the beach to the hospital.

[@DougieFresh13]

Only route 6.

[@delaniecairrao4783]

so sad, it’s crazy to think that there’s been fatal shark attacks less than an hour away from home

[@torreypires6192]

The cape got really bad around 2015 when we were kids it’s wasn’t like how it is today it’s crazy

[@neaituppi7306]

People are so easily drawn into feeling safe. Just the daughter going on about how safe it is, and how it is the right time, and then someone is attacked, while she is on the phone. The timing of that, is epic. Although the shark just likely thought he was a seal. But you only need to get a small bite, for a human to die.

[@MrDshack]

I mean it’s still safer than driving or cycling statistically. It’s just the horror of that kind of death.

[@MegaLaban12345]

Gotta love that excited exclamation mark. No respect.

[@leeholmes9962]

Love and respect to all those great people that tried to help condolences to the families and friends of the boy ✌🇬🇧✌

[@johnshields6852]

I grew up there back in 60's,70's, back then there was never seals, and never GW's, but slowly seals started to come back so every year more and more GW's migrate here, poor guy, the odds of attacks are so low but it does happen.

[@TheIntelligentElephant71133]

Yeah shark week! 🦈

[@billbally4419]

Shark week sucks now. It has sucked for the last 15 years

[@TheIntelligentElephant71133]

@@billbally4419 why does it suck now?

[@Blade44-tb7zn]

I wouldn't mess with the ocean unless I can see through the water. Nowadays I dont even dip my feet in the ocean. Sad but we aren't supposed to be there. We can't compete with anything there. I simply look at the water and stay on land...thats enough for me. I'll be damned if I get eaten by anything.

[@ryanblanchard2508]

It’s safe to go in the ocean in very short bursts. Those who get attacked tend to be people who are spending an excessive amount of time in the water.

[@psalm2764]

I just watched a video about a woman who was attacked the moment her hand hit the water. Her thigh was ripped open. She survived but her leg is completely numb. @@ryanblanchard2508

[@lydiamcpherson7925]

Not if one of those short bursts just happen to be by a great white....

[@blond0075]

This is too much. I'm a single mother of one child, a son. If I lost my precious Victor, I would feel the same as this mother. Trying not to believe this is real, trying to wake him up. In all honesty, I would not be able to carry on without my son. He is the only family I have left. I love my son so much that I would die without hesitation for him. May Aurther be resting peacefully in Our Father's Arms & may God please give this courageous Mom find the strength to go on without him. Bless her heart. 😪

[@metalmamasue3680]

l have 2 sons, l can't imagine Iosing either one of them. ❤ prayers for every mother who's lost a child. 😢

[@joachimbucherer5030]

So sad. RIP Arthur.

[@markim5087]

Why on earth isn’t there lifeflight access at every major beach there, it’s huge rich country and could easily afford it plus others like in boating emergencies, could also benefit and the general public for crashes heat stroke etc…a hr drive is nuts ..

[@gregines70x7]

As a kid in 70's growing up with a "fear of sharks" (see: the movie, "JAWS"), I never thought in a million years that "Cape Cod's waters" would be filled with GREAT WHITE SHARKS. They say, "Every action has an equal reaction." Well, it's true here, too, sadly. The "locals" there pushed hard to "reinvigorate their seal populations" and that "equal reaction" was Great White sharks swimming again in Cape Cod's waters.

[@theworldisavampire3346]

The movie was literally based on Cape Cod, and was filmed in that area. Why wouldn't you dream that sharks would be there?

[@petedog9581]

I would rather have seals and sharks and a healthy ecosystem than making the seas convenient for humans.

[@sierravista9013]

The water used to be too cold and not so many seals

[@CryptbloomEnjoyer]

@@theworldisavampire3346it was based on a story from New Jersey

[@sierravista9013]

@@Severine_SD oh yes I agree. I like sharks, we just hardly ever saw them in the 1970s

[@woodnbikes]

The pinniped protection act coupled with the White Shark conservation act have been in place for many years, and we are now seeing the results. Mass, Maine....Its just the beginning. Better be sure you really love what you are doing...swimmers, surfers, scuba divers and kayakers, we are all on the clock...

[@JH-qy8no]

I don't believe the experts when they say sharks are not after humans.

[@VultureOnEnds]

R.I.P. sad to hear 😢

[@alexandracummings2852]

If someone tells you there is a 10 to 17 foot monster with sharp teeth that will eat you alive in that water and you go anyway....😢.

[@Sushi2735]

This is completely beyond my understanding. Being extremely risk adverse, I would never in a million years swim in the sea! I adore it, but to sit by, and look at! To even take a one in 2.7 million chance of being attacked, is way way off my charts of the kind of risk I’d take! It’s like being ripped apart by a Grisly. I won’t take the chance!

[@kibblesmcknob617]

I grew up summering in Wellfleet and Provincetown. Never did we hear about shark attacks. Not once.

[@petedog9581]

There were many fewer seals back in the 1990's. I vacationed on the Cape back in 1998, and you had to go on a boat to the find seals near the public beaches. Now they are everywhere, and that means a healthy ocean... and a healthy set of predators who prey on them.

[@SwivelHippie]

I bet you heard about drownings and disappearances though.

[@marcvilleneuve1889]

There were no seals at the time. It is French actrice Brigitte Bardot who aggressively attacked Canadian government and Quebec legislative for the killing of baby seals and the commercial fur animal business that is responsible for the seals colonies to grow extensively in the North American Atlantic shore. Now, with the seals colonies that grew fast, since they stopped hunting baby seals, the phenomenon of white shark attacks, will increase. In Quebec costal Atlantic, there are a lot of great whites. In Cape Cod as well.

[@petedog9581]

@@marcvilleneuve1889 Good. Keep destructive humans out of the oceans as much as possible. The oceans are their homes not ours.

[@lydiamcpherson7925]

I agree with Bridget Bardot. Killing baby seals is just horrific!!! So glad it stopped. No one needs to wear real fur but the animal who owns it!!

[@mpg869]

If we emptied the ocean and you saw what was in there and then refilled it with water you would NEVER go in there.

[@edzebrowski4445]

Very very sad. Prayers for all this hurt! Especially the victim

[@stewartdavies929]

The water off the US (east and west coasts) always looks dirty. Either greyish brown or khaki green and murky.

[@mikealvord55]

what’s the mystery? The marine mammal act protected all of the sharks prey items, and they ban hunting of the shark so the number of sharks is increasing more than it ever has. Why is it such a question that they’re all over the place?

[@smallone9825]

RIP 🙏 I just can't believe how close to the beach this is.....scary, ill stick to paddling 😢

[@woodnbikes]

Paddling what? You are just as at risk in a kayak .

[@oscarcat1231]

@@woodnbikespaddling - ankle deep.

[@leonardclay4804]

The area where the seals are should be a obvious warning a shark encounter could happen. These happy go swimmers are not thinking possible danger alert to them.

[@sixfootben4892]

I live in Florida and that's scary. But I don't think I could ever swim where there are white sharks.

[@StLProgressive]

There are white sharks in waters around Florida.

[@sixfootben4892]

@@StLProgressive apparently there are. Crazy

[@lydiamcpherson7925]

Most areas in the ocean, the Great White travels through. Even though they don't like real warm waters, there has been instances where they have gone to Hawaii and back up North. Tracked by Ocearch, who tags them.

[@sixfootben4892]

@@lydiamcpherson7925 they come to the gulf of Mexico and have pinged near me but they stay out deep. I really don't like to in the ocean at all anymore.

[@BaldRice]

"So I got off my board and my natural reaction was to pull out my phone and record." Figured id correct her on that lol

[@williamm.9255]

SHARK ATTACKS ARE HORRIFIC AND I WISH THEY NEVER HAPPENED HOWEVER THATS THEIR HOME AND TERRITORY.......YOUR REALLY TAKING A BIG RISK EVERY TIME U GET INTO THE OCEAN😨😨😨😨🙏🙏🙏🤕🤕🤕🤕

[@70stunes71]

Just add barbecue sauce and honey all over your body. There's no way I would go in that water. Only to save someone else, that's the only reason... Such a tragic loss.

[@Joanili80]

The aspect that the girls mother did not want her to be in the water this day was crazy. I mean, I bet the girl goes every day. The father is surfer, too. But on this day...why didn't they explain the mothers reasons in more detail?😮

[@Robert-lh4um]

I just got back from the southern part of the peninsula of Cod, but didn't surf because it is too cold and I was just visiting from Georgia, it sent chills down my spine just looking into the calm low tide of the water and thinking what is lurking out there. I saw the same sign in this video and it mentioned people have been severely injured by white sharks and even killed in these waters. White Sharks have been know to hunt seals in less than 3 foot of water in some areas of Cape Cod. Then I saw surfers get out there at Nantasket and thought to myself...them dudes be brave surfing around all those seals coming in. It must be a local thing to take all that risk to catch a nice swell on a warmer day, and I tried to project myself as a local, but I think I would be a fisher of men or a sailor instead. Also, I saw a coast guard heli pass over from the air strip out there and thought...why can't those guys transport a shark attack victim? What possibly could they be doing that is so important than patrolling the coastline. I guess no body thought of contacting them on that tragic day or they were way out of range. If not a coasty then the trauma center should have their own life flight of some sort because 1 hour in traffic is unacceptable for an emergency vehicle. Anyways, this is a sad story.

[@drewwhite2228]

they place the number around 300 white sharks in and around the cap and 2 fatal attack.... odds are pretty good for the 1000s that visit each year

[@karenpiotte90]

I remember that day. It was a perfect day. What a sad sad day. They now have bleeding control boxes. That still would not have help that young man.

[@NitroModelsAndComics]

That water is now extremely dangerous. Years ago, no grey seals? It was fine. Now it is NOT fine. I live near Horseneck Beach in Westport and that water is no longer for swimming.

[@JohnnysCafe_]

This is heartbreaking, all too often we think of the victim without realising the brokenhearted parents, brothers, sisters and friends. 😢

[@BK-zi6de]

Almost 20 years ago, we were vacationing in Florida and decided to go for an early swim. Suddenly people were screaming shark and waving theis hands at me. I was lucky. I was close enough to shore to make it there before an encounter. I've never been in an ocean since then. former green

[@aquariusbaby8249]

So sad his poor mother

[@johnshields6852]

Many attacks are the thigh, especially inside thigh, the sharks has senses that can literally see the blood system of it's victim, they know where the major blood is flowing by their incredible sensory cells on its snout

[@goktugblack]

I dont understand?? Why WHY do people KEEP swimming in these waters? and why are they surprised when sharks attack?? Please can anyone tell me??

[@gotoyoutubehqandshootthe-gc6xf]

stupidity, stubborn and because they all believe the expert who say that you are more likely to die in the car crash then get attack by a shark.

[@davidemmet7343]

Because the chances of being attacked by a shark are very small and it is very enjoyable to swim and surf in the ocean. Why do you drive a car when there's a good chance of getting into an accident?

[@manoloescobartrolero7615]

Darwing

[@goktugblack]

@@davidemmet7343 I cannot live without driving a car. I must drive it for my daily life. Swimming in shark waters is OPTIONAL. dont compare the two...

[@davidemmet7343]

@@goktugblack You could probably take public transportation which is much safer. If you honestly look through the choices that you make every day that are not based on necessity but on comfort or on pleasure like what foods you eat you will find that you make many choices that are much more risky then being attacked by a shark.

[@johnishikawa2200]

It is good that people are finally learning to stop using the ocean as a dumping site , and that because of this the ocean is repairing itself , here and there . Whales and porpoise are showing up in the approaches to New York City again . But we don't live in water , us humans , so we know that there are inherent dangers out there . This kid Arthur knew the risks , and he loved to be out there in the ocean , and surfing was a major part of his life . I am very sorry for his mom's sorrow at losing her son .

[@joeybennett1491]

So heartbreaking. 🌊

[@Iz0pen]

Video posted in 2023 but the event was 5 years ago! Don’t be afraid of the water

[@eivindgjengstjohansen9625]

Thirty-three-year-old housewife and mother of four Shirley Ann Durdin was swimming in Australian water estimated to be only six feet deep one day in 1985 when a great white shark estimated to be twenty feet long attacked her in front of multiple witnesses. Friends restrained her husband Barry from jumping into the water and attempting to save her as he desperately screamed, “She’s gone! She’s gone!” The shark’s first bite reportedly tore Durdin into two pieces. Rescuers arrived to find her headless torso, but before they could retrieve it, the shark doubled back and swallowed that whole, too. As with Robert Pamperin, the only remaining trace of Durdin’s existence was a single swimming fin.

[@lydiamcpherson7925]

Such a horrific attack. Right in front of her kids and husband, so close to shore. It was ghastly. RIP Shirley. Can't imagine the PTSD her family has to this day.

[@joshiannuzzi6737]

I have been going to that same beach every year for the 4th can’t believe this happened to this young man. Prays with the family and everyone that was there that fateful day

[@ark194]

I lived out there summer 2021, and on rt 6, ppl never pull over for the ambulances. You can see it in this video. I am thoroughly unimpressed with the culture there. P-town is wonderful, and the flea market is fun, but omg the ppl are just weird a-f. I just find it to be tremendously selfish and this video with no one pulling over tells you all you need to know.

[@frankorobinson1540]

I grew up in Boston on the water as a child of 5 years old in 1969 i swam the beaches of Massachusetts and as a young child until my teenage years my dad had boats at the yacht clubs and would bring us out to the islands in the harbor we would swim all day off and on and off the boat in the middle of the ocean and in them years we never saw a great white 😮or a seal then in 1972 the enacted the wildlife act to protect sharks and seals ,the only sharks ever seen where at the docks hanging or in a boat usually makos, sand tiger ,nurse,we swam everywhere from Hampton beach nh to the tip of the cape never seen a great white or a seal😮40 years later there are seals littered up and down the coast and guess what came with them.😊😊😊sightings of the mighty beast are very common now they didn't want people to eat but now that food is in abundance and the great white is in abundance your chances of bumping into one while in there backyard now is pretty good i haven't gone above my thighs in the new England coastal waters since around 2005 to much activity and they hit hard when your on the menu 😂its there home and i aint one to argue that fact with them a view from the boat is all i need to see this mighty beast will chomp you in half with one hit there back let them have it😮magnificent animals to see in there nature habitat now that there food supply is back they will keep breeding and only increase in abundance 😮 careful visiting there playgrounds you could be mistaken for food if even one bite just to see what you are its all it takes with hundreds of steak knives in there mouths you don't want to be mistaken for a meal😅😅😅😅😅😅 glad i never had the chance to see one up close and personal more than likely i would be a statistic 😢i remember as a teen when jaws came out we where all like what shark's this is nonsense lol theres no killer sharks in the Vinyard 😂😂😂 not so much anymore 😮😮🤔 😂. Peace😊

[@itsstillky7895]

We’re in their domain. I’ll never kill a shark it’s their space. It will happen. We’re apex on land but not in the ocean

[@DummyYEEEAAHHHHH]

People live off the land in Cape Cod ?...where you staying in Cape Cod ?? It's like one of the wealthiest towns in the country...aside from maybe a few little gardens in a backyard....no one is "living off the land" in Cape Cod.

[@megazerosaber]

The sheer lack of common sense that people who think the ocean is safe have baffles me. The sharks food source is literally right next to the beach and somehow they think it's safe to go out into the water with apex predators that can confuse you for their usual meal. Exercise common sense, don't actively try to become a statistic.

[@MrDshack]

Literally millions of people go swimming in areas where whites, tigers and bulls swim and the incidents are in the tens to hundreds per year. As sad and gruesome as an attack is it’s still akin to wining the lottery in terms of odds.

[@megazerosaber]

​@@MrDshack What does that have to do with using common sense? There are plenty of beaches where you can swim that don't have an apex predator and their source of food right next to the beach. You play stupid games you're bound to win stupid prizes. The fact is that sharks do bite humans unprovoked, with most of them being against surfers and swimmers. There aren't millions of people on a beach at given time, there were less than 200 people and one of them ended up getting bitten and died. If the shark population was more than 3500, there would be far more attacks. Almost 20 people die a year from lightning strikes. You still apply common sense is to avoid standing near a natural lightning rod such as isolated trees, telephone or flag poles instead of testing your luck to be a statistic.

[@Manateaaa]

The sheer lack of common sense that people who think the road is safe have baffles me. Cars crash on the road and somehow they think it's safe to go out into the roads with metal death traps that can kill you in an instant. Exercise common sense, don't actively try to become a statistic. Do you see how stupid you sound? Did you know that in the US alone over 44 THOUSAND DEATHS occurred due to motor vehicles in 2023. For sharks.. there were around 69 unprovoked.. Bites (NOT deaths).. In the WHOLE WORLD in 2023. Yeah. Only 36 “bites” in USA. Deaths you ask? 10 deaths… GLOBALLY. If you want a real reason to not go swimming in the ocean “A scientific review of data provided to the United States Lifesaving Association found that there are over 100 deaths each year in the U.S. attributed to rip currents”. Yeah. You are more likely to die from being caught in a rip current. 100+ deaths in US alone from simply swimming compared to the 36 shark BITES from last year in US. (No deaths last year. Only some bites. This death happened in 2018 before you become confused) Don’t comment such BS with no knowledge of the topic. Don’t go about blaming and shaming people for swimming in the ocean based on your extremely uneducated assumptions.

[@32zoburisk]

People need to respect the fact the water is their home 🦈 respect their space

[@markim5087]

Here in the states ppl make sharks sightings like it’s a national emergency yet 22k ppl where murdered in mass shootings in 6 months and another 100k shooting survivors,which doesn’t include all the other deaths in violent crimes ,up to June 2023..I’m more worried about being shot walking down the street in any major USA city than swimming in the ocean..

[@maryf259]

I guess people are more terrified to be torn in two by a shark…

[@psalm2764]

Not to mention the millions of unborn babies slaughtered in the womb. And outside of it.

[@kittygonzalez2827]

Have they ever heard of LIFE FLIGHT HELICOPTERS ⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️

[@SwivelHippie]

Surfing is a risk, I feel terrible for him and his family. His buddy must be traumatized. At the beach if I cant see my feet on the sand I stop and back up. I have zero interest in the statistics.

[@sierravista9013]

I used to live in Wellfleet beautiful

[@normanwhite4792]

Not surprised. Cape Cod is a Great White hotspot for 20 footers

[@mfreedman123]

I love sharks 🦈

[@Gamer-ade]

If you go out surfing, it's just a matter of time and luck.

[@woodnbikes]

Skateboarding is a lot more fun these days 😂

[@oldcrone]

I will never swing in the ocean.

[@DougieFresh13]

Shout out Dunes Edge Campground!

[@stephendiamond9893]

Don’t let your ego get the better of you. Sharks don’t discriminate. All they do is eat and make babies. It was a quote from Jaws .

[@jeffdollaz]

When did this gw attack happen I’ve never even heard of a shark attack in Ma

[@jasonck9635]

As much as we may love it , the ocean is not our natural domain , we are not adapted for it , we are land creatures , and the ocean is the home for all aquatic life including sharks , so we must accept that when we venture into their home , we might not be invited with good intentions !

[@nicoleventresca520]

I'm sorry for the mom. But it's the ocean. The sharks live there not us. It's not there for our recreation as beautiful as it is

[@varase]

Unlucky guy, sad story and fatal destiny

[@milka.11.111]

😭💔it’s so heartbreaking

[@YZ250W1]

Just a shark doing what they do. We are only visitors.

[@turkey0165]

Kill all Sharks make them extinct!

[@alisonleigh100]

That poor poor mother

[@wileycoyote4206]

SCARY LARRY 🦈 🌴🍍🌺🦈

[@mpg869]

Imagine being stranded ..no raft ..boat...nada. 50 miles out for 12hours at night with your lil feet dangling there ...not knowing whats down there creeping around or how deep the water is...also it would suck if they continually bumped into u for a little while.

[@chrissilvester5663]

There were seals in that area yet people still go surfing I mean what do they think is gonna happen??? That is why I've zero sympathy for those that get bit.

[@Venom-zi4ht]

Cape Cod is a Great white highway I would never surf there

[@gldbnd3931]

why would you go in any water filled with sharks and seals together, not smart

[@gearsmashking6880]

Great Whites are one of my favorite sharks in the ocean. But, it still saddens me that one killed someone. I can't blame the shark, it most likely mistook Arthur for a seal. And I don't blame Arthur either, he was just there having fun. My condolences to his friends and family for such a terrible accident.

[@FredD.Krueger]

Wrong. Enough of the outdated 1980’s shark “mistaken identity” bullsh_t. Sharks can’t both be such efficient hunters with 2/3 of their brain devoted to smell and “mistaking” anything for anything. Seals and humans do NOT have the same smell. Great whites are aggressive and territorial. That’s why they CANNOT be kept in captivity.

[@itsstillky7895]

It’s my favorite animal. absolutely beautiful apex predator

[@SwivelHippie]

4 reported deadly shark attacks in 4 weeks now globally. That one in Egypt was brutal, the shark definitely knew he wasn't a seal. Video proof that they don't care what you are, if they want you they'll take you.

[@charlesphipps6169]

Omg, the seal mistake.... how's about it was lazy and decided to take a human... were slow, easy as heck to eat....

[@nunka34ify]

Im glad it killed. People are awful

[@thefranchize3445]

We don’t belong in the ocean any more than fish belong on land. We aren’t anywhere close to the top of the food chain in the ocean. The ocean itself is the world’s top serial killer.

[@jeannekegney4024]

Leave the sharks alone !!! The ocean is their home not ours...

[@kimberlybordelon9103]

I would never go in saltwater at all

[@RirtyDascal]

One bite, everyone knows the rules!

[@garynewell6947]

outstanding

[@ajmcgillivray9823]

There are no trauma centers on cape cod

[@it780]

Heartbreaking.

[@scorptarget]

R.I.P. Arthur

[@MooseMeus]

i like crystal clear water. that's my perfect beach

[@onlytymewilltell]

You and me both! The only ocean I'll swim in is the caribbean where the water is clear and can see what's around me. Swimming in a murky ocean(knowing what could be out there) is an absolutely terrifying thought to me. I'd be an easy meal for a shark bc I'd stoke tf out if one attacked me or if one appeared out of nowhere! 😫

[@CHENOTV]

if i dont see the bottom i dont touch it

[@Shmoo77]

I love sharks 🦈 and crocodiles 🐊 and alligators !!! My favorite dinosaurs 🦕 ❤ ❤❤ they are beautiful!! I love shark week !!!❤❤❤

[@twooceans2135]

I dont know if i had to like this video or not... I really feel bad😢

[@theklaus7436]

Not nice obviously. But this is their home and we are visiting them and probably we will continue. But don’t blame the shark for being a shark. Compared it with people who climb K2 every year some dyes. And we don’t blame the mountain. People have a choice and unfortunately it may be your life that you lose

[@cindy8031]

So sad

[@bobbygary179]

Why I stay away from deeper ocean water ^

[@paulthescorpio]

Nothing is "safe" about the OCEAN. Sorry for the loss.

[@worldpeace4lennon]

The ocean is big.

[@markim5087]

Well we did kill 50million sharks last yr most were for fins and thrown back to drown!!..ever taste shark Fin ? It’s got zero taste 😮 sharks don’t seem to hold any animosity could you say the same if 50 million of your closest friends where eaten ? Or for that matter just slaughter for say your ears ? 😮😮😮

[@lydiamcpherson7925]

I agree. It's terrible that the Asians make this shark fin soup at all!! So cruel to the shark as they cannot swim without their fins, and its also incredibly wasteful. They do the same to Tigers and Bears and Elephants...all in the name of ancient remedies. No wonder so much wildlife is on the endangered list. It's sickening. Plus, the fact of eating dogs and cats in their Wet Meat Trade. So incredibly inhumane. SMH!!

[@EleonoraPetkovic]

So sad 😢😢