Great White Shark Lunges at Woman Reaching to Touch It
Jimmy Lee Armel said the crew had the shark under control and released it without tagging after the close call, which lasted only seconds.
- 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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lehighvalleyliveA fishing trip off Tybee Island took an intense turn when a great white shark lunged toward a passenger
A fishing trip off the coast of Georgia turned into a heart-stopping moment when a great white shark lunged toward a woman reaching over the edge of a boat, The New York Post said.
It could end much worse than then things went in the close encounter that a lady had in Georgia with a large white shark. The woman, in fact, intrigued by the animal, while she was off Tybee Island had stretched a hand to caress the shark, when this suddenly turned to try to [...] The article "She was caressing a wild white shark as if it were the family dog and a moment after that shark turned to snap and turned against her": the images of the …
Great white shark lunges at woman leaning down to pet apex predator in shocking interaction
A gobsmacking video showing a great white shark lunging at a woman who was leaning down to pet the apex predator has gone viral.The shocking interaction was circulated by Knot Lucky Fishing, a Georgia-based charity which works to support veterans suffering from PTSD as well as active-duty servicemen.In the footage, one of the veterans, Jen, laid her hand on the wild shark "like it's the family dog" before the predator ferociously turned and lung…
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