Insane Footage of Shark Attacks in the Wild

Barbara Boland | December 22, 2014
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This incredible footage of sharks leaping out of the ocean to catch a decoy seal was captured by filmmaker Mark van Coller on False Bay, Cape Town.

A fake seal follows behind the boat, tempting the sharks to attack just before and after sunrise, when sharks are on the hunt and the water is still dark. Van Coller, who is South African, has to be quick, as the attacks can all be over in seconds:

From the Daily Mail:

 “There have been occasions when the boat has pulled the decoy for close to an hour with no breaches.  But you dare not take your eye off your viewfinder and the decoy because that is always when it happens.  You turn around to say something to someone and smash, you missed it. It is much too quick to be able to pick up the camera and record. By that time it is all over.”


Van Coller said that on a “good morning you can get anywhere from one to six breaches on the decoydepending on many factors like seal activity in the water, ocean conditions and weather.
h/t: Western Journalism

 

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