Video: Shark nearly swallows diver's camera during jaw-dropping encounter
Diver Andrea Ramos Nascimento captured the incredible video on Feb. 9 off the coast of Freeport in the Bahamas during a shark feeding. After watching the video, you can say you saw inside a tiger shark's mouth and lived to tell the tale.
Shark snacks on diver's camera
A diver got a look inside the mouth of a shark after the toothy sea creature chomped on their camera near Freeport, Bahamas.
If you've ever wanted to know what it's like to be a shark snack, now is your chance after a diver's camera went inside a tiger shark's mouth and survived the encounter.
Divers Andrea Ramos Nascimento and Peter Strom captured the incredible video on Feb. 9 off the coast of Freeport in the Bahamas during a shark feeding.
Diver in Bahamas captures moment shark gnaws on camera
Scuba diver and photographer Peter Strom joins FOX Weather to talk about his ordeal where he captured the moment a shark took a few bites out of his camera.
"So that day we saw that there's a camera mount on that box. Now the idea – I have the 360 (degree) camera. Let's put it on the box. See if we can get some good footage of maybe the sharks getting some food," Strom told FOX Weather. "Never in a million years did we think that the shark was going to eat it and get the footage."
In the video, the viewer can see the tiger shark approach the camera for a bite as the diver tries to pull it away. The shark wins out and takes a bite of the camera, while the video continues to show the inside of the toothy sea creature's mouth.
TOURIST ATTACKED WHILE TRYING TO 'ENGAGE' WITH SHARK FOR PHOTO, TURKS AND CAICOS OFFICIALS SAY
The divers can be seen looking at the shark chopping on the camera, perfectly framed by the shark's jaws with the camera in its mouth.
Divers seen from the perspective of a camera inside a tiger shark's mouth.
(Andrea Ramos Nascimento / Peter Strom / Aloha Divers Okinawa & Epic Diving via Storyful / FOX Weather)
Eventually, the tiger shark spits out the camera.
The group’s diving guide had to swim after the shark to retrieve the camera.
"So, the camera's fine," Strom said. "The case has got scratch marks all over it from the teeth, but everything still works good."
After watching the video at the top of this story, you can say you saw inside a shark's mouth and lived to tell the tale.
According to the Florida Museum, tiger sharks grow up to 18 feet long and are considered among the "big three," which also includes bull and white sharks. Tiger sharks are second to great white sharks in terms of the number of attacks on humans.