OK, fine, but imagine getting torn to shreds underwater in the jaws of a great white, your flesh just flopping around like so much seaweed in the salty currents. A research team captured incredible, albeit gruesome, footage of a great white shark feasting on the remains of a grey seal in the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge waters, off the coast of MA.
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The videographer was Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries’ Dr. Greg Skomal, who captured the minute-long clip on a GoPro.
Sharks are spotted close to shore in Chatham, Orleans, and Eastham.
Researchers from the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy had one word to describe video captured this week of a great white shark biting into the remains of a seal underwater: “Badass”.
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“It’s definitely not unusual for us to see the sharks very close to the shoreline”. We’ve been seeing that every year for the last several years, you know.
