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Great White Shark Lunges at Woman Reaching to Touch It
The crew said Jen was never in immediate danger, and the shark was released without a tag after no safe opportunity arose.
- A video shared on Facebook shows a great white shark lunging toward a woman off Tybee Island, Georgia, after she reached out to touch the animal during a Knot Lucky White Shark Tagging Program expedition.
- The Knot Lucky program catches and releases great white sharks to study their movements and behavior, while honoring fallen service members by naming each tagged shark after a deceased veteran.
- "Everybody on the boat felt that one in their chest," Jimmy Lee Armel wrote, describing the moment Jen, a veteran, reached toward the wild shark before it whipped around and lunged at her.
- Armel said Jen was never in immediate danger because the crew had control of the situation and the shark did not get close enough to harm her. Safety remained paramount throughout.
- The crew released the shark without tagging it, as they would not force the process. Armel noted the encounter serves as a reminder that great white sharks "must be treated with respect.
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Watch as a great white shark thrashes, lunges at woman after she reaches out to pet the marine apex predator
A woman had a close call with a great white shark when she reached off a fishing boat to pet the marine apex, leading the shark to thrash around and lunge.
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A woman reached out and touched a great white shark off Tybee Island, Georgia. She was participating in a great white shark tagging mission, in which researchers catch, tag and release the dangerous fish to collect data for scientific research. As seen in the video, which she posted on social media on Sunday, […] The article Georgia: Woman petted great white shark was originally published on AlphaTV.
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