THIS is the terrifying moment an enormous great white shark savaged a diver’s cage as frightened onlookers look on.
THIS is the terrifying moment an enormous great white shark savaged a diver’s cage as frightened onlookers look on.
The nail-biting footage was captured as part of Shark Week as divers took to infested waters around Stewart Island, New Zealand.
In the clip from Discovery, the thrill seeker is seen suspended in the water before the beast approaches.
The 18ft monster attempts to launch an attack, before it chows down on one of the floats.
The dramatic video shows the scuba diver recoil in fear as the shark encircles the cage as his friends scream in panic.
One onlooker from the boat yells “get him out of there” with the beast visible from the overarching vessel.
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The dramatic footage, originally captured in 2013, showed the shark bearing a gash snaking out the side of his mouth.
Known locally as Slash, the shark was touted by show producers as a “local legend,” having been tracked for some time.
Shark Dive NZ owner and operator Peter Scott, who featured in the documentary, said Slash was the most aggressive great white he had encountered.
His bloody scar was the result of a botched tagging project by the Department of Conservation (DOC) and the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa) to track the shark’s movements.
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