Great White Shark Attack Is WAY TOO CLOSE To The Beach! 🦭🦈

Great White Shark ATTACKS a seal close to shore at Cape Cod beach
A great white shark finishes off a seal it had attacked earlier. The seal wandered back into the water after coming to the shore.
6/26/21 @ Race Point Beach in Provincetown, MA
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[@Demille40]

Even though it’s nature, I still feel bad for the seal.

[@thegdfp6447]

I wonder if the seal would have waited on the shore, if there weren't a bunch of yelling people around it...

[@Demille40]

@@thegdfp6447 good point. But he was bleeding pretty bad.

[@Vigilante311]

Yeah same, would much rather see a human be attacked

[@mcfcfs]

Me too

[@LadyhawksLairDotCom]

I feel can feel both sad for the seal and happy for the great white shark. I guess that's what comes from so many years of watching documentaries and going out into nature. I can look at such incidents clinically, like a scientist. I once witnessed a successful Orca attack on a juvenile sea lion while whale watching. Whale watching is one of my favorite things to do, but I haven't been able to go in several years. Over the course of many years, I've seen a variety of fantastic cetaceans: blue whales, gray whales, humpback whales, killer whales, Pacific white-sided dolphins, long-beaked common dolphins, Northern right whale dolphins, Risso's dolphins and harbor porpoises. I also enjoy watching easier-to-find creatures like seals, sea lions, sea otters, sea birds, crustaceans, sea stars, fish, anemones, jellies, etc. I've never "scored" a great white shark. It's one of my dreams to see one...from the safety of a boat. ;) The people who were on the beach are lucky to have seen such a wonderful predator functioning in its appointed role. I have seen white shark behavior AFTER the fact. After I got home from a whale-watching trip, I inspected my photos. I'd taken a picture of the breakwater and its contingent of sea lions. One of the sea lions in the picture had a large scar on its body: tooth impressions in a crescent. Only one creature could do that kind of damage to a sea lion: the awesome great white shark. The sea lion was lucky. I bet he was much more careful after his run-in with such a magnificent predator.

[@murphyotoole9014]

As Johnny Carson once said, "When swimming in the ocean, use the "buddy system" . . .if you see a shark close by, give them your buddy . . ."

[@mamacat63]

If only we had him today. He and George Carlin, among a few others are sorely missed

[@murphyotoole9014]

@@mamacat63 Agreed. Take care.

[@martinhonan9588]

Still think about him and the tonight show at 1130 pm weekdays trying to fill the void. Not happening. Miss you Johnny, Ed and Doc

[@787aida-rivers.a]

😂😂😂

[@craigsweeting507]

@@mamacat63 Carlin woke my ass up.

[@grampabadger]

If you are in the ocean, you are on the menu.

[@jameswalker6864]

0r on the sea for that matter. Just because Americans don't have any sea on their territory, it doesn't mean sharks don't inhabitate seas too.

[@abdelmoutalebkandil4134]

Humans are not their favorite food its kinda junked food for them thats why attacks on humans are very rare

[@leelee2350]

Yes and that includes great whites as well, they get eaten by orcas. Orcas are number one.

[@leelee2350]

@@abdelmoutalebkandil4134 It appears to becoming a lot less rare. There are a lot more sharks around now and a lot more people going into the water. This is due to sharks or particular sharks being protected (which is a good thing).

[@fearfulclan2007]

​@@abdelmoutalebkandil4134yup

[@robwalsh9843]

When you enter the ocean, never forget whose turf you're on.

[@tortillasarenotbiceps7622]

On? Jesus is that you??? 😜🤪😝

[@steve5825]

Or rather who’s surf

[@Amor1990]

Where’s the human?

[@krisp8087]

Surf N Turf?

[@OneTapdN0]

An orca would body a shark.....fr tho

[@t.l.1610]

I live here & often snicker when people tell me “I swim all the time but I don’t go very far from the beach.” Uh-huh, right. Very safe.

[@richmondvision]

Yea that’s funny 🦈

[@psgrenier]

in shallow water you at least will see their fins, and therefore it is safer, because less chance of being surprised.

[@joysboy6588]

I'm not going to lie. I didn't realise they can get so close to the shore line. That's a BIG one as well......

[@t.l.1610]

@@joysboy6588 Yeah … they do. Very close. Especially in the NE too, our water is murky, hard to see. They’re amazing stealth animals so swimming on Cape beaches is a hard pass for me.

[@Beamin-vt7jm]

People are nuts if they go swimming at the Cape. It’s a literally infested with great white sharks

[@scorpionking8661]

Agreed. We used to swim there as kids about 40 years ago. I would never go in the waters there now.

[@tortillasarenotbiceps7622]

Clearly. LoL

[@emperorconstantinexipalaio4121]

Or maybe… hold on… just maybe humans aren’t sharks’ natural prey and it’s very rare for them to attack humans.

[@rottweilerfun9520]

In the late 80's , early 90's when I was stationed at Ft.Devens , Ma. we used to go swimming there a lot when we weren't deployed. There weren't nearly as many seals or sharks there then. No way would I go out there now.

[@rottweilerfun9520]

@@emperorconstantinexipalaio4121 , That's true , but it sure would suck to be the guy that gets bit.

[@Ed9870]

You're gonna need a bigger beach.

[@nc5983]

😂

[@kennymurphy4461]

Fu@k that going to need a pool. 😂

[@sandrasillery4493]

Great comment!

[@tortillasarenotbiceps7622]

I thought, isn't that adorable. The shark wants to eat the little sea lion's face off...then I realized this is my home state. If anyone needs me I'll be curled up in the fetal position under my bed.

[@petergleave7807]

'Just when you thought it was safe... to have a 'dump' on 'the pan'! (Dum... dum...dum dum... dum dum dum...etc...

[@guyinpajamapants6892]

We stopped going to Cape Cod in 2003 because the sharks were coming back more and more. Best move!

[@mikefriend1514]

That seal was mortally wounded. The amount of blood in the water. It’s almost like it chose to return to the water in order to die quicker.

[@CATSWITHKYLA]

I didn't see any blood? Wth?

[@stephaniemorrissey5114]

​@@CATSWITHKYLA0:09 - 0:15

[@jordansjournal3077]

Look how shallow that water is too. Anywhere there’s seals close by and the water is between 10 and 20 degrees C, you could be the next snack🤷🏻‍♂️

[@tortillasarenotbiceps7622]

This completes the "I'm never leaving the house" cycle. Mountains and their silly bears and wild cats. California and it's wackadoo liberals. And now this! 😝🤪

[@emperorconstantinexipalaio4121]

Very unlikely. Shark attacks are extremely rare and sharks don’t tend to target humans.

[@jordansjournal3077]

@@emperorconstantinexipalaio4121 Yes and no. If they mistake you for a seal or they feel threatened by you, they will attack. Even if they take a nibble and decide not to continue, that could be enough to end your life. Having said that, a car accident is 10 times more likely to kill you.

[@emperorconstantinexipalaio4121]

@Great White Are you one of the “good ones”?

[@matty6848]

@@tortillasarenotbiceps7622 yeh but in land you can defend yourself. In the water which is their domain we have very little control over our bodies or defence as we float there like sitting Ducks.

[@jesusislord7526]

The seal was mortally wounded and seemed to just have accepted his fate.

[@edcampbell6164]

I was at this beach last week. We went to Head of the Meadows beach and a great white had been spotted 10 minutes before. Nobody allowed to swim. We went to Race Point (beach in this bid) instead because I wanted to swim. As I’m entering water a seal swims by, not ten feet from me. I got nervous that a shark may be trailing him and I quickly got out of water

[@richmondvision]

Smart move 🦈🦭

[@paullevins5448]

Really after knowing sharks are in your waters , you still wanted to chance it. Not really brave . Sounds like you want some bite mark scares on your body. Or worse. Becareful these fish are dangerous .

[@jasonsabourin2275]

🐔

[@jim7509]

Dude don’t be so stubborn, you literally gambled with your life

[@davidkaplan5517]

People swim in oceans all over the world and 6-10 people are killed annually from them. It’s not statistically that big a risk to swim with them.

[@petesahad3028]

No wonder some seal like creature millions of years ago decided " fuck this, i'm evolving on land"

[@SuperDPJR]

I'm pretty sure they evolved from land to water.

[@mache2784]

@@SuperDPJR they were like otters so basically added expansion packs and otters are demons.They got fucked when they went to the great blue.

[@leonardclay4804]

Well this shows you that they can attack in waist deep water. As long as the current is flowing it's no problem for them. They also can swim against it too and easily go down underneath waves crashing waves on the shoreline.

[@coachingtripod]

In Peter Benchley’s book “Shark Life” he recounts a time when one of his friends was nearly attacked. He was in ankle deep water when a mako shark swam up close to try to drag him in.

[@rottweilerfun9520]

Yep , most attacks hapoen in less than 4ft of water. That sucks , even the shallows aren't safe like we always thought. It makes sense though. Predators use the shore to trap their prey.

[@ericholck3914]

I was at Race Point around 20 years ago, standing in about 4 feet of water not far off shore. I heard yelling and realized people on the beach had spotted a shark, and were pointing at it. It was directly between me and the shore, no more than 20 feet away. I had no idea what to do so I just stood perfectly still and let it swim on its way. I have never gone back in that water since.

[@geographyinaction7814]

@@rottweilerfun9520 Less than three feet.

[@leeoleary3321]

Ive encountered a big shark when I was wading in the shallows, quite away from the beach in knee deep water! It was abit scarey for me

[@chrismass9761]

And that is why I get nervous when my kids talk about going down to the beach for a swim..but man is that water clear..

[@tortillasarenotbiceps7622]

Way to end on a high note. LoL!

[@matty6848]

Statistically you’ve got more chance of dying in your car driving down to the beach than being attacked and killed, especially by a Great White which humans are not it’s natural food source or prey, which explains why so many people survive Great white attacks. They bite divers once thinking it’s Seal due to being covered in a dark or black swimsuit & once they bite and find out it’s all muscle fibre and sinew not lovely fat and blubber which is what they like off the Seals they immediately back off and leave humans alone. They actually don’t find us that tasty. That’s why you hear of these one bite attacks. They bite, discover it’s not a Seal and lose interest. Trouble is that one bite can cost you your life..

[@doom3871]

@@matty6848 one bite from white shark could be fatal except it is hungry then you are dead

[@lexineharpur780]

Great Whites are responsible for the majority of fatal attacks on humans. Predominantly more so than other species. They more often than not come back after their first bite. The sheer size & power of that first bite is enough to kill a human. They tend to let you bleed out before they come back for more.

[@mudmansomeyt1484]

It's just so scary and cool how you can just see the fin of the shark pop up and slowly disappear under water.

[@richmondvision]

🦭🦈

[@SharkWhisper00]

Ikr Idk which is worse. Seeing the fin... Or not seeing it... I hear stories of people who were in accidents or in thee navy out in the ocean who survived shark attacks and they said when you see the fin it's more scary than if ya can't. Cuz when you don't see any fins your kind of relaxed and not scared or tenceded up. Then when that fin breaks the surface that's when you shit bricks...

[@jacktherex9242]

@@SharkWhisper00 for me, I'd like to know where the danger is

[@diegohahn2261]

@@SharkWhisper00 Probably it´s true (even if I don´t want to test it)... but not seeing you probably stays tense, imagining things, all time too

[@FisherKot11235]

The frame rate on this video is absolutely insane. The image quality is great too. It’s like I’m actually there.

[@Shawn-ts4jw]

Perhaps get your eyes tested

[@enthusedtosing9655]

The clickbait also

[@davidlane1248]

@@enthusedtosing9655 yeah the thumbnail is altered. I fucking hate when people do that shit

[@dianevcic6210]

@@davidlane1248 Well said 😉👍

[@salvitoripopadillo4539]

I like your picture. Very similar to mine.

[@dejiadeleye5697]

Me at the beach: How cool, a Seal🦭 5 seconds later: Wait a minute😰

[@tortillasarenotbiceps7622]

Word has it that was the seal's mother-in-law. 😈 Death was inevitable. 🥺

[@karipowell3256]

If those ppl would've moved far away from the seal instead of filming it, the poor thing would've came up on the beach, and would probably still be alive. It was to afraid of the ppl who insisted on filming instead of giving it room to feel safe on the beach. Couldn't they see that?? 💯💔😭

[@skiv12276]

I thought the same thing.

[@SalsaSippin_]

Fucc that seal

[@nicoleserenalauer3027]

... have they been interested in helping? No, all those ugly people liked to do was filming... having fun ... they screamed happily 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@EntropicSpore]

Do you save flys and bugs when they are in your house? Roaches? It’s called nature

[@incestiazenkto5936]

Bro animals eat animals don't cry

[@Jonobueno]

During a dive in South Australia with some open water students I had a 5 meter Great White turn up to say hi and hang out. For 35 minutes.... I was buzzing for days with adrenaline I reckon. The other instructor was an Aussie Afghan war vet that had seen action , and he said it was the scariest thing since a firefight. The students were 20 yo airforce women. After old mate Giant shark made our first dive a bit too interesting ,, they got back in the water and finished their course. To their credit. Very brave girls. The thing I kept from this experience, is that at ANY time, that big ass killing machine could’ve bitten any one of us in half. And it didn’t. It was just curious. I hope I never experience that again.

[@richmondvision]

Wow. Sounds like an exciting experience. Thanks for sharing! 🦈

[@travels129]

I wouldn't put my big toe in south Australian waters

[@stoso9864]

Is that the size of of car?

[@stephencook7337]

@@travels129 lol 😂 big facts, my man…everything is bigger and deadlier in Australia. I’m keeping my body parts.

[@craiggagnon8407]

Jesus.... That's so terrifying.

[@Nick-zr2yo]

I'd like to see one of those folks that say we are not on the shark's menu jump in for a swim.

[@tortillasarenotbiceps7622]

Sharks just want to cuddle.

[@emperorconstantinexipalaio4121]

Sure! But I wouldn’t want to disturb the shark.

[@SuperDPJR]

Used to swim/dive in Hawaii with all kinds/types of sharks. Never had an issue, although I will admit when the water wasn't clear and visibility was bad it was unnerving and creepy asf.

[@doom3871]

Yes we are see what happened to a swimmer in Sydney before a couple of days..he was eaten by a white shark

[@emperorconstantinexipalaio4121]

@@doom3871 Which is very rare.

[@aaronjohnson6501]

The seal is more scared of the yelling people on the beach than getting killed in the water Hope your video was worth it!

[@fredstriker2042]

Feel better sparky?

[@guyinpajamapants6892]

The dumbest comment ever!

[@aaronjohnson6501]

@@guyinpajamapants6892 "genius", I'm waiting for your explanation of why he went back in, when he went out of the water to escape the shark in the first place. Now get back your studies, Quantum mechanics, String theory and your unresolved Oedipus complex!

[@fredstriker2042]

@@aaronjohnson6501 I'm waiting for you to explain why it's a big deal. Seals are natural food for sharks. It would have been eaten by a Dang shark whether there were people there or not. I'm betting you're one of those people that say humans are worse than animals too

[@aaronjohnson6501]

@@fredstriker2042 I'm "one of those" that thinks your a effing genius !

[@jr1638]

Kidding Me? I use to swim like a seal back in the days! I spent my summers in the water. Scary

[@yournotdatguypal]

This is scary but imagine a salt water croc being in New England waters 😅🥴

[@MrSnivelupagus]

Looks like the seal knew it was already toast on the beach, and fed itself to the shark.

[@tonylpsa2780]

Poor seal..well that’s nature at its finest. That was a very big shark to be that close to shore. It was basically in only a few feet of water

[@freshimpactco.8698]

Sharks can and will come in very close to shore, in fact I heard a story of one guy who was chased onto the beach, can't recall the shark species but it could have been a bull shark and it ran itself aground onto the beach trying to get the guy! So just remember folks, a shark will do anything to get you if it really wants you. Most sharks will pick out an individual on purpose and will ignore a whole beach of swimmers just to get YOU. So take care out there and be vigilant about your surroundings. That said when in the water you are practically a sitting duck, they can move so much faster than you can. Reaching speeds of up to 35miles and hour can really make it difficult to outrun or outswim a shark when it finds you "interesting".

[@leonardclay4804]

Totally agree. You can't out swim them in thier natural environment.

[@chantelmarie8214]

"they're just curious 🧐" "they mistake you as a seal 🦭". Not like they aren't around 350 million year old apex predators that have evolved...and still can't tell what a human is....they don't eat humans...mistaken identity! /s

[@LOREDANNAshaKira]

... if anyone saw the terrible footage of how a shark almost completely ate a guy from Russia ... at that time he screamed for help daааааd ..?! 🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️😢

[@jessethepersiankitty2377]

​@@LOREDANNAshaKirahe did completely eat him they found his remains on the sharks stomach

[@P.DuncanMonk]

@@LOREDANNAshaKira I watched the video. How he was able to scream without the lower part of his face was amazing. The poor guy could not swim because both arms had been torn off at the shoulders. SHIT ! it was the stuff of nightmares.

[@mfreel1657]

The seal had already been nailed by the shark.

[@stevebritton2878]

It wasn’t going to survive those wounds it already incurred….but if you’re the seal do you wait hours- maybe a couple of days to die a slow death…in pain, or ….? Any seal behaviour specialists out there?

[@tortillasarenotbiceps7622]

@@stevebritton2878 Good news! I studied seal psychology in college. 📖 Bad news: I only got a D-. 😕 Speculatively speaking, I dunno. 😳

[@taylormade4393]

@@tortillasarenotbiceps7622 😂🤣🤣

[@lesliecalvert3458]

I hate to scare anyone but whenever you enter the ocean..you go 3 feet out and you are well into someone else's living room ..always be aware of your surroundings...that being said...I also follow a guy named the Malibu artist and he has drone footage almost daily of white sharks in very close proximity to paddle boarders and surfers as well as the occasional swimmer and I have yet to see an attack..so I believe conditions do have something to do with attacks...when you compare the amount of actual attacks versus the amount of people annually who enter the ocean..that number is quite small to be honest...so have fun just use situational awareness is all guys

[@mamacat63]

It definitely does make a difference. Murky water is the most dangerous to get into, along with dawn and dusk. Much harder for them to see in those conditions. The bay I live near is a pupping ground for bulls.

[@echospaw899]

Yeah, I follow M.A., too. He has great content.

[@lesliecalvert3458]

@@echospaw899 I love that guy...his video's are so dang calming

[@lesliecalvert3458]

@@mamacat63 I never could understand why anyone would go swimming or surfing at dawn or dusk myself...that totally increases your chances for an accident to happen...I have seen sharks come in 3 feet of water and hug the shoreline for miles

[@mamacat63]

@@lesliecalvert3458 yep. There's a guy called Malibu artist who flies drones over the water and shows how many actually are around us

[@echospaw899]

If you're at the beach, & in the water... you're in their house. Respect that.

[@themadrapper101]

So I got to ask them to use the bathroom?

[@richmondvision]

✅

[@mikemalott9769]

Who goes washroom in the water.

[@echospaw899]

@@themadrapper101 🤣

[@oscarjetson128]

As a kid in the 1970's I swam here and throughout Cape Cod at other beaches. Now, I wouldn't dare.

[@zeus6793]

Right? Between Horseneck, or Chatham, or Truro, I lived in the water back then. Now? I won't go deeper than my knees. Of course, after 1975 I swam less too. Jaws was enough. Especially when I was on the Vineyard the year they made the movie.

[@oscarjetson128]

@@zeus6793 I also remember when they filmed Jaws there! My parents brought my brother and I to see the movie a year later after watching some of the filming. good times!

[@zeus6793]

@@oscarjetson128 Every time the movie is on, I love seeing the scenes of Edgartown, because it brings me right back there. Getting bike rentals!

[@tortillasarenotbiceps7622]

Ah, come on! Go for it. 😛😋🤣

[@mamacat63]

@@oscarjetson128 they filmed Jaws 2 between Destin and Navarre in Florida. I wanted so bad to go, but wasn't old enough to drive yet. 🤷‍♀️

[@MackMateCom]

I’m sure the seal was already injured by shark so when it was frightened into the water it was a easy meal for the shark you can see injuries on seal

[@waspian]

I grew up here. I don’t swim.

[@MattF12765]

If I was to holiday here for 2 weeks what are my chances of seeing a white shark?

[@waspian]

@@MattF12765 in July or August if you were at the beach everyday...pretty high.

[@bobthegoat17]

I keep to myself in shallow water with the crabs 🦀🦀

[@tortillasarenotbiceps7622]

@@MattF12765 Depends on how much fish sauce you're willing to slather on yaself. 😝

[@MattF12765]

@@tortillasarenotbiceps7622 I was thinking more a black wet suit

[@mikalabaker6110]

How can a shark be too close the beach? It's his home.

[@nunka34ify]

“Way too close to the beach “ Lmao you’re on the SHARK’S territory and it can swim wherever it wants

[@richmondvision]

🤣🤣

[@paulavery5889]

These people have seen too many movies.

[@halolover3167]

I’m never going in the ocean ever again! I’ve been out way further than that! That’s crazy! Nope! Never again!

[@prettynpink9106]

Same and haven't been in again. I have major anxiety and this is the kind of stuff that are in nightmares. It's pretty to sit on the beach and watch no need to go in. I'll stick to swimming pools.

[@bluemoon472]

Grew up on the beach, body surfing til dusk & walking along the surf at night under the moon. It makes me sad knowing I’ll never venture out there again but at least I got to enjoy it when I was young. Sure, there were sharks then, too, but seems alot more sightings & attacks now.

[@jeremyostringer6463]

Good job scaring that seal back into the water

[@paulhomsy2751]

My thought exactly. The seal was out of the reach of the shark to begin with. He looked hurt already while still on shore trying to escape.

[@GamingBreizhHD]

he was already injured by the shark, i doubt it would have survived anyway, better rewards the shark for its hunt than letting the seal die slowly on the shore for nothing to be honest

[@thenarrator1984]

@@GamingBreizhHD I'm sure the seal felt that way.

[@BBB-rd2qi]

@@thenarrator1984 - It’s how nature works. You are projecting your human feelings on wildlife.

[@thenarrator1984]

@@BBB-rd2qi hahahahaha no. I was going off of the fact that the seal got scared by the fisherman back into the water

[@minmisty]

Wow imagine seeing this moment in real life.

[@barraabus]

When I was a young lad, some 60 years ago, we often swam in the waters of popular beaches, and we did so with no fear. No fear because the beaches were always patrolled by spotter planes, who flew above and around the waters, watching for sharks etc. If one was spotted, the plane would let out a siren for all to hear, and we would just exit the water till we got the all-clear. Wonder why this system was ended, was it too expensive to protect the people? or did the powers that be actually no longer give a stuff. Seems a lot of similar traits have appeared over the years.

[@LayllaWillow]

The funny thing is, today it is even easier and cheaper to do it with drones.

[@shanestewart9197]

Thats a huge dorsal fin...

[@tortillasarenotbiceps7622]

Probably compensating for something else. 🦚

[@mobius3466]

@@tortillasarenotbiceps7622 you leave his pp alone!

[@tortillasarenotbiceps7622]

@@mobius3466 Fine! I never get to have any fun! 😤

[@dannyknapp515]

That’s what my girlfriend told me

[@kokeshidolls5631]

To share, if you see the prey on the beach and the predator in the water near by, the prey is on the beach for a reason. Guess the seal was more afraid of the human than being eaten by the shark.

[@adanchors3626]

Exactly, if the cameraman had kept his distance that seal would've stayed on the beach... #idiots

[@kfarr3037]

The description comment said the shark had already attacked the seal earlier so it appeared more likely that it had died or close to it and washed up then the waves washed it back out. If you look, as the waves washed over the poor thing, it wasn't moving but just being carried out and it never tried to swim or get away. There was no "attack".

[@Jay-Niner]

Very suspicious jump cut in the footage... one moment the seal is on the beach, the next it’s drifting out to a horrific death. I suspect the camera man or his friends forced the seal back into the water and that part of the video was cut out.

[@stevelamperta865]

@Jason Davis Yup , Most people today are a complete waist of space ! They are completely oblivious to everything around them and care only for themselves ! Its sad but true . spare the rod , spoil the child ! Thank you government for making spanking your children a crime ! Just look what that did for us ! Thanks , Thanks again !

[@poseidon3292]

@@kfarr3037 1) the seal was heavy injured by propably this shark here that was chasing him for miles.. 2) the video was cut and from ome moment the seal was alive but heavy injured and after the cut he was brought closer to the shark spot . We all can notice before it ends up by the Mother Nature Laws that seal was trying iits best to swim on the other way even though he was bery hard injured in whole body. It was pretty certain that this seal after moments or days would die coz it was heavily injured in whole body but from the moment he did it and reached the shore in that situation, let Morher Nature Decide what end will that animal is going to have. Not splashing or screaming around making him go back to the deadly waters :)

[@farewelljupiter]

And I love how people try to say “they rarely attack people” anytime they see someone they attack it lol

[@kamzito6553]

Not quite. Sharks are inherently curious creatures, and they may often approach humans they encounter in the water either to just get a look at them, or they may perform what's called a "bump and bite" where they bump into the person/creature/thing they're investigating and bite it to see if it's prey or something else. Most instances of reported shark attacks are of this variety, and the attack usually doesn't go beyond that point as the creature typically loses interest. However, there are certainly cases where it does progress from this point, or the interaction to begin with was a deliberate attack. There are actually a lot of instances where sharks will approach humans swimming or surfing in the water that ends with both parties going their separate ways. A good channel that shows how often this actually happens is TheMalibuArtist, who uses a drone to capture aerial footage of Great White Sharks, and there are of lot of clips that involve human-shark interactions.

[@kamzito6553]

@@josepshchavez4337 I mean, if you think you can handle it. It's by no means safe.

[@freddyflores73]

Little bay fatal Shark Attack last month…..

[@mobeck]

Beyond that point….like, losing an arm or a leg ain’t so bad, as long as it doesn’t go past that point? 🙄

[@torrieaccardi5079]

they are curious creatures if u don't want your ass bitten off stay outta the fucking water you're in their habitat their world so no one can bitch about getting bite its not like they swim out the water and attack people it like driving a race car u accept the fact u can die so if u go in their waters u accept the fact u can get bitten in half 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@thierrys.6654]

The deal-maker was more afraid of humans !

[@canature9128]

The poor seal was a goner whether it stayed by the shore or the shark finished it off. IMO it was actually more merciful that the shark finished it, otherwise the seal would have suffered far longer until blood loss (or infection, or starvation - depending on how long it would have survived) killed it.

[@richmondvision]

Very True ✅

[@Xiv1ie]

V-V

[@Jay-Niner]

How did the injured seal go from lying on the beach to drifting out? There’s a jump cut and suddenly it’s in the water... did you push an injured animal to a horrible death for your own entertainment?

[@richmondvision]

Good question. This happened over a 30 minute timespan hence the jump cuts. The seal lost a lot of blood from the injuries, so there’s a good chance that it’s judgement was clouded and thought it was safe to go back in to the water 🤔

[@SharkWhisper00]

Or Photoshop?

[@GraftedOliveBranch]

The ocean is a terrifying place.

[@tenttavllitmok2344]

Great white sharks are actually not the beast like characters that the industry has made them out to be. Overall very peaceful creatures

[@GraftedOliveBranch]

@@tenttavllitmok2344 I realise that... I would prefer to be in the water with a Great White Shark, rather than a Bull Shark though.

[@jbyh8916]

@@GraftedOliveBranch I would rather not be in the water with a shark I’m scared of whales last rhing I need is a shark

[@tortillasarenotbiceps7622]

@@GraftedOliveBranch I'd rather be spooning Kate Beckinsale, but hey, sharks are swell too. 🦈

[@emperorconstantinexipalaio4121]

Why? Sharks are just another beautiful part of the ecosystem. Unfortunately, we may not see them within a few years.

[@SpookyRedz]

That poor seal was on land for a reason

[@vols1171]

That was nature at it's finest! The biggest shark that I have ever seen up close, was a hammerhead shark just under 19ft. This was at Newport Pier in Miami Fl. The shark swam close to the pier, so the fishermen were able to measure the piers beam to beam distance to get the sharks measurements.

[@richmondvision]

19ft that’s a good size shark

[@jski7355]

I've seen hundreds of Hammerhead sharks but 19 foot is beyond my imagination !! WOW

[@vols1171]

@@jski7355 Yeah! The largest hammerhead shark measured over 20ft.

[@davidmartinsen332]

Hammerhead shark fins make the best soup. The rest of the fish is worthless

[@stevelamperta865]

@@davidmartinsen332 And that's why are planet is going down the toilet !

[@djsimonrossprice9400]

Sharks and me have an understanding. I stay out the water They stay off my couch..🤣

[@richmondvision]

Good deal!

[@chantelmarie8214]

I still would keep my feet on the couch watching shark movies

[@OctaviaWayne]

I always wonder if sharks know that their dorsal fin is a dead giveaway of their presence 😂🥰

[@tracymcdonald8440]

I agree. Great job of running that seal into Jaws.

[@MattF12765]

That white shark is scary but nowhere near as frightening as some of the KZbin grammar on here.

[@tortillasarenotbiceps7622]

Wurd

[@donm9675]

What do you want ? Good grammar ? Or good taste? I know quite a few very intelligent people who cant ( or never bother to ) spell or write very well. Im quite sure they have given more to society as a whole without these skills ; as many who have and worry about these skills. Do your best to communicate with the people who are doing their best to communicate with you. Or give them shit and pretend to be better than they are. It's all up to you.

[@MattF12765]

@@donm9675 Yes I’m sure there are quite a few who fit that criteria however I am talking about a percentage on here which is quite frankly frightening. Go and load some KZbin content and scroll through the comments. It’s actually frightening how we as a society seem less intellectually competent to string a simple sentence together and by that I mean even a few words.

[@tortillasarenotbiceps7622]

@@donm9675 As if to imply both aren't possible. Come now, Don. Good grammar lends to the validity and contextual underpinnings of a given message. It's essential to properly spell and enunciate to the best of our ability because it all stems back to the knowledge base and credential of a given individual. If I go to my doctor and he misspells every third word, then there's an implicit undertone to garner and that he or she has spent upwards of ten to twelve years in a grad and post-grad capacity yet still can't even deduce the differences between "then" and "than," "to" and "too," "their," "there," and "they're," "accept" and "except," "your" and "you're," "affect" and "effect," "allude" and "elude," and so on down the grammatical line. What else has he or she failed to glean in terms of medical faculty??? Imagine misspelling a prescribed medication or surgical procedure??? Yikes!!! LOL Would you want your child reading from books where every other words was misspelled? Why do we shun competence instead of embracing it? Why do we justify our shortcomings instead of shortening our justifications? When learning, knowledge and intellect become moot points, then we've truly backslidden as a society. Instead of making excuses by implying people can't express good taste along with proper grammar, why not seek to better ourselves by offering all of the above? Why do you embrace good taste and yet shun spelling? Why not the other way around? Why not both? Why not neither? See the point? Why pick and choose when we can offer all of the above? Selectivity makes for partiality in terms of the skills we opt to acquire. Be the best you can be or why waste time settling for a D+ life? It's one thing to be a bad speller, but it's an entirely different thing when we make excuses for not seeking to become a better one, if not only for our own piece of mind. Do you aspire to be the worst at things you engage in or the best...or even better for that matter? Typos notwithstanding, we can all benefit by honing our grammar, punctuation and spelling skills. Imagine applying for a literary, journalistic or editorial job when your grammar is subpar? What are the odds you'd get that job? Not very good, Sir. Aspiration is a good thing, excuses not so much. Be well.

[@tortillasarenotbiceps7622]

@@donm9675 You make a comment like: "Im quite sure they have given more to society as a whole without these skills" As if to imply they give more to society due to the fact that they don't possess these skills. That is pure, contrived malarkey and it is for shallow-thinking souls. That is exactly like saying - "My grandmother smoked four packs of Lucky Strike non-filters per day and lived to be 100," as if to imply she lived to be 100 because she smoked four packs per day as opposed to despite the fact that she did so. How long would granny have lived had she not smoked four packs per day? How good would her health have been along the way to her demise had she not smoked four packs per day? When you're able to see through excuses in order to deduce the fact of what matters, then it's quite easy to get to the heart of every matter. These alibis are as farcical and convoluted as it gets. 🤔

[@conwaygritty73]

It's probably a hammerhead looking for stingrays.

[@Sean-lr5bn]

Just the landlord collecting rent.

[@dalves3306]

You can look from shore anywhere in the cape cod bay and watch great white catching air I mean their hole body coming out the water the hole season when the great white sharks are their its amazing. The first time I ever seen them jumping out the water was in 2018 in East Dennis in cape cod bay I watched for a hour and saw the great whites go air born about 12 different times it was awesome.

[@midnightwriter9658]

I saw a chicken once ... does that count??

[@kaisercc]

Whole season and there, not their.

[@dalves3306]

@@kaisercc 🖕 take that and rotate on it weirdo!

[@chriskaisershot4966]

@@dalves3306 How is being literate weird? A hole is a lack of something, like the hole in a doughnut (despite the confusing fact that the little nubbins of fried dough are called “doughnut holes”). “Whole” means things like entire, complete, and healthy and is used in expressions like “the whole thing,” “whole milk,” “whole wheat,” and “with a whole heart.” Their is the possessive pronoun, as in "their car is red"; there is used as an adjective, "he is always there for me," a noun, "get away from there," and, chiefly, an adverb, "stop right there"; they're is a contraction of "they are," as in "they're getting married." You're welcome.

[@dalves3306]

@@chriskaisershot4966 it is weird correcting people you must have no life you fukken square

[@christainmarks106]

I knew that big great whites came close to shore but it wasn’t until recently After talking to fisherman and marine biologist (via online chats) …I was made aware that large white shark…. Can and will come a lot closer to shore than it would make anybody comfortable LOL I wasn’t aware that a 14 foot…. 1000 pound fish could swim in water only barely 3 foot high but they do.

[@crazyfish9977]

In the past in the Mediterranean it is documented that more than once that great whites of 5-6 meters attacked and devoured human beings where the water is a meter or little more deep.

[@IrishPride7]

The quality is so good on this i can smell that Ocean air

[@carlosfigueroa3817]

THE REAL JAWS THRILLER SCENE

[@gabe-po9yi]

Researchers tagged 8 GW’s in Cape Cod to study their habits and discovered that they spent over half their time in water less than 15 feet deep. Who knew.

[@richmondvision]

Makes sense if that’s where the seals are 🦭🦈

[@gabe-po9yi]

@@richmondvision They didn’t relate it to seals, but more to fish and water temperature.

[@mikebrunt4099]

5 Major points why grieving families of shark attack victims now have the right to sue state governments around the world who have adopted the failed barbaric and cruel practise of tagging sharks. Failed because every single place around the world where shark tagging has been implemented the shark attacks have shot up instead of reduced which was the intention of the whole program. Thats right the opposite has occurred making beaches and the ocean more dangerous for humans than safer. Every one of these programs were implemented at the enormous cost of Billions of dollars of wasted tax payer dollars. So for the sake of the sharks and humans affected it needs to be reversed and tags removed from these sharks immediately. The proven ability to safely monitor sea life with sonar at 500m to 100m is nearly perfected which not only warns APPs in real time it can also distinguish what type of sea life is moving around down to the species of shark. The unfortunate mistake is that Governments have rushed at any scientifically unproven shark shield solution over the last 2 decades. But now they do not wish to admit that they were wrong and that their precious tagging solution has dismally failed with many unnecessary deaths. The 5 Major points of why shark tagging has failed 1. The sharks are cruelly cut or stabbed with Transducers and now either have rotting insides or rotting fins. (note - google rotting shark fins from shark tags). 2. These transponders have lithium batteries that last up to ten years and are unproven to handle the pressures of big sharks deep sea dives and could cruelly rupture inside the shark at these depths. 3. These transponders send out at 69Hz which interferes with all sea life sending out a disturbing noise to them and most of all warning them of the sharks presence. 4. This makes it extremely hard for these very large ravenous sharks to feed and they in turn look for slow moving prey to eat for their meals - SLOW MOVING PREY LIKE HUMANS AND WHALE CARCASSES. 5. The noise coming off shark tags interferes with nature and animals. It is getting worse as now the oceans floors is become littered with 10 year life battery transponders sitting on the sea floors from scientists going to exotic places and tagging exotic fish which die and when eaten the transponder falls to the ocean floor still pinging away interfering noisily with animal life in the ocean again whilst wasting more billions of tax payers dollars.

[@gillianoreilly6421]

I wonder if the seal would have gone into the water if the people who were filming it had just walked away from it!!..🤨

[@alexiadelvalle4476]

Tienes mucha razón La gente siempre molestando ,

[@rickrick196]

The Seal is already fatally injured in the beginning of the video. I wonder if the same shark was responsible for the injury and just waited for the seal to enter the water again

[@paulreid5259]

And where, exactly, did you expect ot to go? It's more aquatic than terrestrial, right, so water is it's more preferred habitat. This is nature I action, what do you think it was going to do? Check itself into the vet, halve it's intestines put back in?

[@chantelmarie8214]

@@rickrick196 the people cut the video and dragged the poor seal back in the water 🌊💦!!! Not cool 😡‼️🥺 maybe they should've put one of the kids in, or preferably themselves as adults being bad influences. The person who recorded the video has not denied ONCE, that they did not drag the poor seal back in. People need to let nature do it's job. Instead people like to get entertainment off of sick incidents, even a car crash with several people dead is thrilling to a lot of the population 🙁☹️☹️ and I'm not one to comment like this, but what the hell?!

[@rickrick196]

@@chantelmarie8214 100% agree with you…calling a warden would have been the right thing to do. If they determined the Seals injuries were fatal at least the Seal would be put down without pain…I can’t watch the video again knowing it was dragged into the water.

[@RATyson]

Reading some of these comments, it is unnerving how disconnected some are with the reality of nature, the food chain, and the predator/prey relationship.

[@charlielynes]

CHIEF BRODY: Listen, is it true that most people get attacked by sharks in three feet of water? About ten feet from the beach? MARTIN HOOPER: Yeah. Jaws 🦈

[@rosesmith6208]

I have to ask this, but was the seal injuried when sitting on the beach? and is it possible your presence scared it into the water? no seal in it's rightmind would go back into the ocean with a shark unless it was scared of the human filming?

[@bokononx4606]

Maybe the seal was depressed? Like a "suicide by cop" situation.

[@kaisercc]

I don’t think that they were using film.

[@stevebritton2878]

Seals that aren’t mortally wounded aren’t afraid of humans when they’re scared of becoming shark food. There’s plenty of vids on YT with seals jumping into small boats packed with humans desperate to avoid a pursuing white shark…

[@richmondvision]

It was injured while it was on the beach. The shark had already taken a nice bite out of it, so it definitely wasn’t in its right mind.

[@1965JB]

I used to swim that beach in the late 70s.

[@TPDManiacXC626]

Was it deserted? I’d imagine it would be after the premiere of _Jaws_ (1975).

[@1965JB]

@@TPDManiacXC626 Nope, not at all! There just wasn’t a giant feeding ground for Great White Sharks on the Cape at the time. I would never swim there now, it’s a whole different world out there these days.

[@tortillasarenotbiceps7622]

Thank god there was no such thing as sharks back then. 😝

[@1965JB]

@@tortillasarenotbiceps7622 There really weren’t as many swimming around back then. In the years since I lived there, a huge population of seals or sea lions has developed on the Cape, and the Great Whites are coming in to feed on them. I would definitely not get into that water now.

[@tortillasarenotbiceps7622]

@@1965JB Oh, for sure. What we've done to wildlife and oceanic habitats it despicable. We're forcing these animals and mammal out of their natural habitats and into uncharted, human-occupied terrains; albeit the debris from the Japanese and other tsunamis has left a black eye on a massive portion of the ocean through no fault of humanity's. Also, when we examine the fishing industry and the kill rates they exact upon the population of indigenous species that larger carnivore species feed upon and so on down the food chain, all are dwindling at a rapid rate. This will, for sure, force sharks, killer whales, etc that feed on sea lions, seals, etc to expand their domains. If you haven't seen Seaspiracy, I suggest you do. It's eye-opening. How cabal the fishing industry is is terrifying. They will literally kill you dead if you try to expose or alter their industry. They are destroying our oceans at breakneck speeds.

[@henryball3275]

Heard most shark attacks happened within 50 yards of the beach

[@seancagney8897]

Most attacks occur in nearshore waters, typically inshore of a sandbar or between sandbars where sharks feed and can become trapped at low tide. Areas with steep drop-offs are also likely attack sites.

[@edpottinger849]

That's how shallow they feed in,not just because of the sea lion pups and seals but because marine corpses was up close to the beach.If you're in 4 to 5 feet of water you're at risk for an attack.Orcas do the same thing and almost beach themselves in the process.

[@ferdinandozz]

The Seal went in the water because of you and other people in the audio. Thanks a lot from the shark

[@robertleach5561]

Yes they wanted this to be filmed scared the seal back instead of helping the 😠

[@tortillasarenotbiceps7622]

@@robertleach5561 Ain't nature about a beyoch.

[@emperorconstantinexipalaio4121]

That’s nature. I’m sorry. Animals die so that others can live.

[@shihtzusrule9115]

If the people weren't standing there, the seal would have come out of the water.

[@irlnd32]

That seal was toast

[@Wattdwg17]

That seal would have died from blood loss. May as well feed the one that got him.

[@tortillasarenotbiceps7622]

@@irlnd32 Great! Now I want toast.

[@rottweilerfun9520]

Seals usually aren't scared of people.

[@rustic35]

I knew someone would bland the humans. 😂 it's nature and this is how it happens.

[@kevinbeach8915]

Did I hear someone saying….call the police? Baaahahaha!

[@richmondvision]

😂😂

[@CampDavid54]

Democrat voters, they always want government to help

[@knifelore1647]

We went out to the gulf stream to fish one day in 79, from Jacksonville Fl. With one person on board we all went swimming and I being the youngest at 17 then stayed out till the last, an as I got back on the dive deck, a pretty large Hammerhead came from the front of the boat out from under dive deck about 5 seconds later. I acted like no big deal, but it scared me to death. It stayed around us for maybe 15 minutes, what a beautiful creature.

[@barryrose8360]

I can’t believe some future marine biologist from the mid west isn’t telling me it’s a basking shark!

[@Mark_Mars]

It was 10 feet long, if it were a foot.

[@sce2aux464]

That dorsal fin and notch in the tail is pretty distinctive of the great white.

[@shanestewart9197]

Basking sharks dont eat seals.

[@kaisercc]

Midwest*

[@tortillasarenotbiceps7622]

If it swims and has fangs, I don't care if its a ham sandwich. I'm shore-bound.

[@jasonfarr9252]

Man they made their way into some shallow water!

[@ijoeys]

The "Way Too Close" title is really funny... If that gr8 white cld respond, it'll probably say... "Noted. I'll tell my friends too..."

[@sevenrats]

The shark disagrees. The shark is on his side of the shoreline. Everything over there, belongs to him.

[@richmondvision]

Yea true that’s what he said 🦈

[@danielyoung3083]

YER GOING TO NEED A BIGGER BEACH

[@justrelaxing2721]

Oh the poor seal…, it was already badly injured, probably just wanted to get away and try and heal itself in the water. I know it’s part of life, but I hate seeing animals suffer in any way. 😕

[@salopeb]

Just relaxing: why once the seal was in the water did it stay close to the shore? why didn't it swim deeper into the ocean to heal itself?

[@justrelaxing2721]

@@salopeb I have know idea why, ?? I guess my comment was pretty dumb come to think of it…. (?) 😎✌️

[@user-ej2xz3lx2e]

1:28 kid will be lucky to make it into adulthood

[@finanali8125]

This video was filmed a few hours ago on the Red Sea coast in Egypt where sharks attacked and killed a Russian tourist and no one could save him

[@ashleyshiffler1515]

I honestly didnt know that big sharks like this came so close to shore!!

[@libgiles8376]

Im in west aus..and ive seen them launch onto the beach to get prey. Be very aware.

[@juanperasso4742]

​@@libgiles8376you get into the water with that kind of sharks...you guys are insane.

[@kerry9125]

Pippet!....Pippet!

[@dmainlee9333]

It's His beach ... beach!!😂😂😂

[@trancessx4219]

My dad used to say most shark attacks take place close to shore in shallow waters.

[@paulg444]

Did that seal swim back out to sea in order to courageously and honorably meet his fate ? My heart is broken.

[@susanazinger2525]

Mine , too . I think he did...

[@deandavis8165]

he swam back out because people on the beach approached too closely

[@MrGlenspace]

Cape cod loaded with great whites that are feasting on the seals. Shark week etc. had biologists who would see a few come Summer right up to the shore. One time the guy spotted seven. They give birth at montauk and continue on up for the summer.

[@shannaprissyleamon1311]

There is NO WAY I'd be swimming in water that had seals/sea lions around. Big nope.

[@richmondvision]

🦭🦈

[@Imnotyourdoormat]

Guess that'll cover the old "Im just going out to my waist" routine.....

[@RIGiantsGuy]

❤️❤️❤️ THIS. Have always lived in NEW ENGLAND/RI, was jealous of CA and other places with Whites…. Now it’s a quick ride for me! That beach is literally miles and miles long impossible I’m not giving up hope yet! Need a drone!!!

[@kaisercc]

What is the purpose of using the word literally?

[@tortillasarenotbiceps7622]

@@kaisercc To make people who like their own comments ask why.

[@tortillasarenotbiceps7622]

Giants as in football or baseball? I ask because my nephew was drafted by the San Francisco Giants this year.

[@davidmartinsen332]

As it's well known in the marine life. The big fish eat the little fish, in this case a mammal

[@kaylynvrudny4484]

Oh no, the seal! 😬

[@cocksya]

Waist deep? Scary that is can just disappear like that.

[@davidbrennan3613]

That's amazing footage

[@richmondvision]

Thank you! It was an amazing day!

[@brentparks2292]

Shark doing what sharks do, protecting the environment from over fishing! Those seals will decimate local fish populations and the sharks keep a healthy balance.

[@unsinkablemb]

ha, no, that's people you're thinking of

[@johnochiltree1170]

Sharks are what you would call a keystone species. The reason white sharks are back in Massachusetts waters is because the seal population is booming.

[@peterembranch5797]

If you *_really_* want to protect the environment from overfishing, kill and eat the species that's responsible for nearly all of it. Fishermen.

[@johnochiltree1170]

@@peterembranch5797 lead by example.

[@peterembranch5797]

@@johnochiltree1170 I am not a shark, or a cannibal, and if I may remind you....it was our mutual friend the original poster who talked about keeping a balance.

[@Gabrielnobre]

It's almost like the seal knew it was fataly injured and got back to the shark saying "End this chit quickly please".

[@398robin]

Wow. Bystanders could have called the seal rescue instead of watching the seal get killed by the shark.

[@tenamoore6233]

I use to go to the beach always 2 times a year. I'm from KY, so I couldn't wait until May then I October...I always got n the water. I've bout drowned 2 times. Water is my biggest fear.now I wouldn't get in that Ocean for anything. Last time I went to Panama City Beach I parasailed. Wow...I could c sharks and all kinds of creepy Hugh fish swimming around people legs and feet. . Omg.... I was Outdone!!!!

[@SuperSoniaf]

So sharks get close to the shore. Imnagine swimming there. This is my deal swimming pool.

[@tortillasarenotbiceps7622]

That's why New Englanders never slather BBQ sauce on their genitalia prior to entering the water. We're practically geniuses up here.

[@ronniefarnsworth6465]

Way to close ???? Says who, Humans !!! Lol The Oceans are theirs Mass-holes !!! : D

[@richmondvision]

🎯

[@deschutesmaple4520]

This video is entirely after the actual attack. You can see the dead seal at the very beginning of the video rolling in the waves along the shore.

[@chriswhitelaw5716]

Seals are fast and elusive. That seal seamed so slow it might’ve been sick so nature did what she does .