Terrifying moment shark sneaks up on diver and tries to bite off his head

A video captured the infinitesimal a tiger shark seemingly tried to wound a diver connected the land of Hulhumale successful the Maldives - but the carnal swam disconnected and the antheral wasn't harmed

A diver had a adjacent brushwood with decease aft a shark sneaked up connected him and appeared to effort and wound disconnected his head.

The tourer was diving connected the land of Hulhumale, successful the southbound of North Malé Atoll, erstwhile the incident happened connected November 15. The heart-pounding footage shows the shark sneaking up down the diver and past grabbing clasp of him by his head.

The shark past shakes the diver around, trying to swallow him - but it appears the diver had a fortunate flight arsenic yet the carnal swam off. The diver, reportedly from China, got retired of the h2o aft the shocking encounter.

According to section reports, the antheral was portion of a radical who headed to the Shark Tank - a fashionable diving tract wherever radical tin brushwood tiger and bull sharks arsenic good arsenic different types of food and rays. It is thought the radical arrived connected a speedboat from the land of Maafushi successful Kaafu Atoll successful the south.

Unconfirmed reports person claimed that the guides utilized bait to assistance pull sharks - which is amerciable successful the Maldives and tin effect successful incidents, specified arsenic divers being bitten. The Shark Tank tract has go fashionable with divers successful caller years but photojournalist Daniel Brinckmann said conditions were "awful" erstwhile helium precocious went diving there.

He told Divernet: "You tin spot the tuna garbage sinking consecutive from the surface, with the workers shovelling it successful the water, efficaciously creating a bait vortex. If divers travel excessively adjacent oregon don't wage attraction and enactment retired of the current, they tin easy extremity up successful trouble."

Another diver acquainted with the tract told the publication: "On entering the h2o you are instantly met by plentifulness of ample spinner sharks coming up from the bottom, excitedly expecting to beryllium fed." The diver said different sharks seen astatine the tract see bull sharks, tiger sharks, arsenic helium added: "This is not a dive for the inexperienced."

Shark attacks are uncommon successful the Maldives - and divers are recommended to spell connected excursions with certified operations to guarantee their ain safety. The astir often spotted sharks you volition brushwood successful the Maldives, peculiarly the blacktip and whitetip reef sharks, are gentle and shy and are usually seen gliding done reef without approaching tourists.

While attacks are rare, immoderate factors that could summation the likelihood of an brushwood are wounded food oregon bait successful the water, swimming successful murky waters, oregon wearing shiny jewellery oregon brightly coloured covering that whitethorn lucifer food to sharks. Having recognised the value of sharks successful maintaining wellness marine ecosystems, the Maldives has implemented conservation efforts specified arsenic establishing shark sanctuaries, educating tourists and locals astir the value of sharks, and issuing regulations to forestall overfishing and support marine habitats.