GoPro Awards: Great White Shark Encounter 

or when he is swimming up

Jesus

i was the 1000th like

@@kushpaladin did I ask

more like 3 to 5 seconds depending on how fast you're able to jump back in the boat.

Lol yup...that *It’s right behind me!* feeling 😬😅

While this is terrifying if you watch the shark it’s behavior could at worst be described as curious. There’s no aggression because whites are ambush predators and it had its opportunity and didn’t take it.

@@wallacekgames2266 Yes but from a first experience (watching or living) can be terrifying if you do not know the sharks behavior. I truly think that experience could,ve ended bad with only 1 small bite.

Same hahahah

Hatrick Laine oh yeah, terrifying as hell but to watch it back from a safe location is very interesting

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Like a ninja!

that’s just how it looks on the camera. your eyes are able to see much further but it is still terrifying that they do that even whales would scare the shit out of me.. seeing something massive coming toward me in some alien like world 👀

And the Shark can See, hear, smell, taste, you thru the water just fine. You've got no chance

Sharks have bad Eyesight

The most intense encounter is getting attack

Ever swim in Egypt?

the crazy thing is it swims right at you to test you and see how you react, it is feinting

Would advise you to look at other videos. One is a teal water where a diver has back turned and a White takes a nibble at his head from his flank and could have taken his head off if he wanted to.

@@bradashlockyeah, nothing happens lol don’t act like it happens all the time over here

Seth McLeod 😂🤣

Hardcore

ahhahahah

Seth McLeod r/madlads

Get on some meds bro...LOL!!! (sarcasm)

dude who drive the boat was a npc

On God he yelled "Down" and dude skrrted straight to him to get the res. Lol It's a Warzone reference, before someone's says something stupid.

This reminds me of this new game call man eater I just bought I really want to play it but then greymoor came out to eso and now I’m hooked damn it all. Man if you never played the elder scrolls online don’t start once you do you’re hooked and can’t leave it. I heard a lot of people say man I hate this toxic game I’m quitting for good they always come back.and the game is shit for that reason players are toxic but it’s addictive.

@@sephiroth7000 who asked

@@stefanproductions3386 its free advertising lmao

Ultra lol 🤭

Lmaooo good one

Kinda like a squids defensive squirt... Makes sense..

🤣🤣🤣

Lmao

They will attack you in one of two ways, either they will take a bite out of you to taste whether you are edible or they hunt you which means coming from below then swimming up really fast and breaching out of the water with you in their mouth, if the second scenario happens then you will 100 percent die no amount of brain or muscle will save you. The shark in this video isnt hunting these guys.

The chances you experience this is nearly 0 tho.

@@KiiiiDFresH2oo9 not if u go harpoon fishing in south africa xD

Wtf is Meg lol

@@JustThatOneDude197 a movie

My ex girlfriend was named Meg she was pretty scary

imsrini Shut up Meg

The meg is edgy as hell and I loved every second tbh.

Seems fair enough

Well I'm glad you're at least acknowledging you got that from somewhere else. Better than just ripping the quote.

.. but u realize he still stole the comment

@@jasonday5143 No, I take no credit for that quote. I just found it funny.

@@keithscott2706 At no point did I try to claim it as my own, I just found it funny and I have absolutely no intention of tracking down the exact origin just to please people like you.

That's cause they live in water and we don't. They're in their element and we are super vulnerable down there.

@@SIQmai Never thought about that tbh

Seriously. A few yards, and it completely vanishes from sight, and then he's coming right at him. That water was so murky, perfect hunting for the shark.

Yea cuz they like to attack from surprise

@@w_i_k_i_d they also can see you, if I recall, 10x better than you would see down in the water.

Thats not how this works

Koray Yildiz shark attacks are incredibly rare this is how it works

Koray Yildiz it kinda is

No it’s definitely NOT how that works,that shark obviously wasn’t hungry and was just a bit curious,had that shark been hungry it would have killed him and not even taken the time to see if he was a fish or not..everyone always says “ oh sharks rarely attack ppl” No,they definitely do and have no problems doing so..they get no joy out of killing because they are animals so they only kill for food and if they think they are in danger..i say again if that shark would have been hungry this video would be a lot more exciting

KreedX20 do you have proof of a degree or any other knowledge on sharks and how they behave? Because my uncle does, and he’s taught me a lot different than you have just explained.

@@papajhonsreal true, but they investigate with their mouths, so its dangerous either way

@@papajhonsreal but u said “not really” on your first reply

Dude-ily what do you mean not really ? your saying being in deep open water with a man eating monster with limited visibility is “not really intense” ? cmon man , anyone in that situation would shit out there intestines from massive fear. I take it you go great white swimming on the regular every Tuesday I suppose

@@donxponce7729 Sharks technically aren't man eaters as it is much much more likely to be struck by lightning or bitten by a snake than being attacked by a great white, most of the time they will idly go about their business and not bother unless blood is detected or a rapid amount of splashing/movement is detected in which they'll get curious and try to take a bite, not eat you whole but take a quick bite which could be very serious but after a bite most times the shark will figure out the person isn't it's prey/something they normal eat and will leave the person be. Some sharks can be very aggressive though but that is pretty rare and varies by species. The great whites just get a bad rap because most times they aren't the aggressive man eaters they're made out to be.

@@tinywomanhours bro stop the nonsense please, the chance of a man being eaten by a shark is low because there are few people who go close enough to encounter a shark. if u get as close to a shark as the person in the video u will probably die

Yea hahaha weird ad but ok

lmao dude

Man o' culture

Best comment!

😂

have you been to the beach at anytime in your life? if the answer is yes, you have swan in shark infested waters without you noticing. shark, specially great whites tend to stay close to the shore as their main pray is seals and sea lions, which tend to be close the the shore. the reason most people dont notice then is because of how rare shark attacks are, most of the time they are just going to swim pass you, see what you are, then move on with their day. their is a great channel that shows this really called malibu artist, you should check it out. also this does not mean you need to jump in the ocean in shark infected waters, their is still a possibility of an attack, and taking your time and showing the respect this creature deserve should be in your mind.

That’d be true if you were a seal… shark attacks in people tend to be violent but it’s just a shove compared to how their prey actually get violated. I remember seeing drone footage of a seal and a shark swimming separated by a rock and having no idea the other was there. Once they met it took the shark about half a second to turn its head, dash forward and grab it… meanwhile when it comes to us they turn a little, come close to investigate and eventually want to take a bite. That is why when diving it’s very rare because you can face it and show you not worth the bother, when you are surfing or swimming at the surface well you have no idea you are playing this game with it.

@@zleeven I remember some coast guard helicopter dude said that if people knew how close sharks actually got to people while they swam in the water, they'd never go swimming in the ocean again.

@@zleeven but most of the Great Whites, filmed by The Malibu Artists are juvenile Great Whites of 2 - 2.5 m length. Their prey aren't seals and sea lions, rather they still hunt fish at this age.

Everybody an expert on sharks and what they will and won't do until one grabs you and show u otherwise

Andrew Nelson You seen that clip where the fella on the seabed gets checked out by one? It’s enormous aswell. I think that’s better but it’s only about 5 seconds long

GTF85 yea that one is nuts

@@GTF85 links or it didn't happen

@@jonathanhumphrey4143 Your moms a virgin, link me or it didn't happen

Look up diver bumped on the head by great white, shark is bigger!

ye seems like you watch too many movies

That’s what I think too lmao

You know this if you ever play counter strike or like minecraft pvp

Me 3

Exactly dude

more like "that dumbass worm lookin ass nearly ate me"

ur words are true..

True. Way more humans eat sharks than sharks eat humans (100 million sharks are killed every year..).

Omg bro glad you’re still here

What were you doing?

I was diving by myself over the reef at Refugio State beach, late afternoon around 4pm. The morning dive with my girlfriend was fine, clear water, lots of fish. During the day a red tide came in, no fish. Visibility was only about 5 feet when the shark grazed me. I could reach out and touch that shark, pretty scary.@@pumitriii6160

Do tell…

That's what stresses me out so much in these videos is when they surface and take their eyes off the water below/around them. It's like watching a scary movie when they don't clear the corners and the camera pans over to the monster.

Yo wtf sharks aren't fish they are reptiles

@@ezra5788 no wtf bro crocs are shoes

LastLoneWolf FTW 😂😂Crocodiles. Wikipedia says sharks are fish

@@joaovc2002 I don't care how comfortable those things are they look like garbage on humans

@@ManiacDrummer1212 yeah ikr man

Right. I was literally kicking my feet in my chair like it was still under ME...

"He nearly ate me" If the shark was going to eat him, he wouldn't have seen the shark in the first place.

@@Revan384 sharks don't attack out of nowhere, that great white was having a sniff/poke to gauge whether or not the diver would be lunch. He's lucky it didn't take a bite, and probably would have if the diver didn't get out of there

Famous last words "he nearly ate me"

J T R goes to show how helpless we are without sounds warning us

+Abyss Saint ain't that the truth you'd never even know it was there until it either gets u or u spot it

Ах как зассал - но это обычно , не обращал бы внимания - просто проплыла бы мимо ! )

Чушь не неси. Она не случайно проплыла так рядом с ним. Присматривалась. И она сразу развернулась и на него поплыла, он ее копьем отогнал. И потом уже на поверхности опять вплотную проплыла. Наверняка хотела атаковать.

I would have filled my wet suit !

then you dont have seen much terrifying. because this isnt.

@@WrDsliestIstDf Mr Tough right here

:DDD

99.9% of people are gonna shit their pants if a 15 foot greatwhite gives them a surprise like that

Honestly it was just curious, wouldn’t you be if some random thing entered your home?

@@Itoshimi yeah but sharks investigate with their mouths

@@Piriphu Which isn’t their fault.

I think I would've had a heart attack and aged 10 years.

I would've shat myself and I'm not ashamed to admit it

neither could the diver in the video... cause he wasn't.

Gotta learn to swimnow. Damn.

@@vladimir-savage72 nothing to be shy, I think that the 99% of humanity would say that. Jesus, the anxiety of this video is bone chilling.

THOTH Sharks like " jeez, rude ass human."

lolol xDD

XD

@Baby T Rex Specieist!

hella funny!!

🤣🤣🤣♥️

😂😂😂

That sharks is actually wanted to eat that guy

@@adryardian7077 He looked a bit skinny for a great white

@@Raptor501st Its a youngster..

Jeremy Baker My thoughts exactly!

What's south Africa'?

lumnir Shark infested waters

@@luram86 you are seriously uneducated or a troll either way get a life.

Yall are dumb af. Great whits are only in cape Town where the waters are cold

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oh hi mark

hahaha you made me watch that nostalgia critic episode again! 🤣🤣🤣

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This comment is too perfect 😂

Jesus may have ran. His walking was all that was ever confirmed. It may be that those old-timey sandals just don't give the kind of arch-support necessary for a full sprint.

Second my man

If the shark had wanted to eat the diver, the shark would have eaten the diver.

although I don't know what he was doing.. I have to agree with Sablealge. If the shark wanted the diver dead he would have been dead.

sableagle the shark 100% was going to eat him, if he stayed in that water for another minute i reckon it would of been game over.

Also pretty terrifying how the shark camouflages to the water at 0:37 and you can barely see shit. That's just creepy.

I’m I the only one that clicked on the time stamp only to be at the end of the video

@@TristanDeshaies I did too lol.

F THAT!

@@TristanDeshaies Hey im sorry, i just came back here and clicked it myself hahahah

HAhahahahahahaha!

This deserves so many more likes! Bahahahaha you made my day friend 🤣🤣🤣

Best response

Ho ho ho. We meet at last...

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 you win the internet today!

Facts, dosent even seem real lmao

It's even more scary than quit smoking commercials 🤣

Fact: Sharks do not even attack you. Unless you make them angry by attacking them.

Yep. Not joking this is probably the scariest thing i’ve ever seen

Because the danger here is real?

I cant stop laughinggg lmaooo

Lmao!

F-ing lol

haha , be a hero

😂😂😂😂

aboomination nah Nile crocodiles are top human eaters

I thoght you were on about the shoe

aboomination have you heard the story where the guy apparently killed a salt water croc by drowning it? I know it sounds insane, but here's how it basically went.. So he was a tourist on some kind of boat tour in Africa when the boat actually got stranded on a sandbank in the middle of the river, and as it was getting darker this guy volunteered to go and get help because they couldn't free the boat. Well he said that he had an encounter with one and he ended up drowning it by sticking his arm all the way through the Jaws and pushing a flap down which prevented water from entering the lungs..

They see you plain as day. Well, they sense you i mean. They know exactly where youre at from so far away

Cloudstrife-0HCS shark was just seeing what he was a crocodile would have no curiosity and just attack

Exactly tho 💯

Look! The camera is right there! It's just a prank, bro

“Social experiment”

Shark would have ate him if he didn't bring a camera for the shark's prank video

Sharks can’t speak English

i can't imagine what you feel swiming in the sea )

thfFromRussia the key is to NOT swim in the ocean 😅

God forbid I close my eyes in the shower in cold water lol I flip out every time 😂

AS10 omg lol same literally

Whats wrong with you people. Can you even get up in the morning without getting a panic attack?

Soochul Song LOOOOOL

True

literally

Except he didnt almost die. He would have had a better chance of getting hit by a football 2 thousand miles away by kids who missed their throw than getting bit

That's not how to apply average chances. Yes, the chance of getting bitten as an average person is very small, *ON AVERAGE!* A person in the shallows has almost no chance of getting bitten at any moment, this guy though... he's a bit more fucked. This is that guy that makes sure somebody that never goes near the sea still has a 1/4m chance of getting bitten.

lmaoooooo

Omg dude 😂😂😂😂😂😂 I shat myself reading this comment... hillarious

Can we talk about how terrifying it was how this shark camouflaged to the water. That's just nasty.

Haha!

In super sick rn but this comment made me burst out in a horrifying sounding laughter

Welp.

Lmao, that got me

Shark:ok I'm swimmin away

LMAO

J C 😂

Why did he dive in the water in the first place? And what was he holding? A rod or a spear?

MostNaturalMedia Spear that more than likely shot

He was spear fishing with a spear gun people do it all the time.

That was definitely the worst part 😂

And that's just from watching on a video. Can you imagine actually being in the water?

Mann this is underrated lmao

Shark: "you raysiiiiiss"

NOBODY CARES ABOUT THE WHITES!

tomatoes why are there so many whites in south africa?

Zub 41r european imperalism from 1850 to 1945

Stfu

Same bro

mmmm m o n k e

Morshu?

Dude this comment is legendary lmao

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You deserve more likes on this comment mate 👍😂

Is Megalodian the anti christ of this shark cult?

Throy Kydd :/

The muffled screaming really made this one quite horrifying

nothing is scarier than my bills at the end of the month

Not rly because he has a weapon, it would be worse if the great white came from behind

LeBozzx8 didnt know i have eyes on the back of my head

@@LeBozzx8 I read a story about a diver dying like that. There are two and the second one got him. Ate everything except his head.

Bahahahahahahhahahahah

This need more likes 😂

What does mean snitchin ?

@@irov5884 why are you snitching means why are you telling on me.

😂😂😂

Go for a non angxiety trip dive..... My heart had stoppe, No doubt about that, must be scarier then a thai prison been there. Dont know wich place i whould go if i had to. Maybee down to the White.

Dunno honestly the Shark looked like a cool guy.

Luigi Turiano is it a good movie? Should I watch it.

It’s amazing and super scary! Make sure to watch the first one though and not uncaged

@3 Subscribers Without Any Videos!!!!! Yeah we do.

@@hxg8496 lmao shitty country

@@iwto_ampere5821 I definitely agree with that!!! Dirty, filthy place!

James Robert well you’re both fucken wrong

James Robert you ever been to it? it’s actually not that bad

downundathunda🍻🇦🇺 my thoughts exactly mate....what is wrong with these people 🙄

Probably the most unsafe water to do that in world. Florida may be sharkier but at least there you can see them.

I know. Absolutely extraordinary. How stupid must you be? In saying that I would much rather swim with a great white than be a farmer in SA. A lot safer.

bruh

TooTrue the important part is that they can see you. Most shark attacks happen in murky water. In clear water, they have an easier time telling that you’re not part of their regular diet.

Or your shoulder in the jaws of a lion as it drags you off in front of people who cant and wont do anything. That sounds terrifying

Meet my sister

Yes it’s almost seeing, through their very eyes, someone’s view of certain death.

I dunno staring at Kathy Griffin for more than a solid second I think takes the cake

@Dread Booch that is terrifying..

VenomZ i live in SA, the sharks are probably the best part

Matthew Black I bet it is, my dream is to study sharks so I’ll probably go there one day

Supreme Leader farmers are getting killed, farms are being burnt in protest to stupid unrelated issues. Not all white people are getting killed but farming isnt a good job to have here anymore😂 There is some big land "take back" going on though

Wait do you mean a great white freeway or a great white freeway?

Yes. I was swimming in the sea at buffalobeach and later that day I read about shark attack where we were swimming that day. I only went like 3 steps in the sea after that

Luketeer Evans You read my mind!! 😂 The shark was like, “Good morning!”

LOL

LMFAO THOUGHT THE SAME

"was jus gunna ask if you had a rizzla jheeeeze" 😂

yeah..id like to see you say that if you were in his place

How big was the 'cuda?

Well said. My thoughts exactly.

TrailRiderMTB okay soo it's fake near the end his like really far away he looks in the water for 2 seconds and his back at the boat like

what about it's not a one take???

LMfaooo

Sooo much nope

Lmao me too

Daddy?

Same

Ryan Cheng same

Same Rofl

top of the ocean floor?

@@derekdelboytrotter8881 u know what I meant. He followed him to the top

@@Shootershootn top of the ocean floor?

@@WiredLain_ yup

@@Shootershootn really you meant he followed him up to the surface?

😂😂

Shut up you lame twat

@@RexBanner_ *A snowflake has entered the chat*

@@tokyo-7819 the soy

Nah it’s only racist when it’s black

I think that scream was to deter the shark from getting closer to him.

That's fricking terrifying. I bet this dude had still had nightmares about this years after

I really the fear

Yeah but I think sharks don’t like loud noises so I think he did that on purpose

Yep same type of scream you would when a predator of any big kind approaches you and you are trying to scare it off by appearing to be the bigger threat

@L Turner Sharks can see 10 times further than us underwater, compile their other senses and if there's a shark within a mile, there's a good chance it knows you're there. You're right, they'll come in close to determine if we're potential prey items

@L Turner That's a total fallacy. The US Navy kept a shark file up until the 80s or 90s when they gave it to civilians and it was when the civilians took over that they started lying to the public about sharks. Truth is, some species of sharks 100% do target and consume humans as a food source. Great Whites, Bulls, Tigers, White Tips and a few others. It is an absolute fallacy that Sharks misidentify people. They know exactly what they are doing. The reason civilians lie has to do with government funding. If the file was still maintained by the US Navy we wouldn't have all these weirdos on Discovery and academia trying to convince people that sharks are docile water puppies who just make mistakes when they attack.

Fact’s. Definitely the most disturbing thing.

@L Turner Such a conspiracy theory when we have literal proof of it happening.

@L Turner oh but we can eat fish can’t we?

Attention lol

Scary looking, but that shark is majestic. Powerful and very penetrating lucid eyes.

LMFAO

He saw you but you didn't he could have killed the guy but lucky for him! You are in their territory

i'm not going to be able to shit for weeks

😂😂😂😂

I don't understand what those divers expect to swim into when diving in those parts. SA coast is known for it's great white's population.

SA coast and WA in Australia is notorious for great white sharks.

You feel me...

@@aussiegod4269 My region in South Africa's white shark population is going down, spotted so rarely these days when they used to be abundant.

No

HPupriser Videos yes

No.

YES

HPupriser Videos YES lol

Or anywhere really where you have low visibility same feeling but its way more eary or whatever the spelling was for it you know mysterious unknown feeling like going into a old dark basement

Queue "Jaws" music theme xD

Heya, gonna remind you that this video exists.

My husband did a solo night dive, at the bay, in Cayman Islands. He swam out and got to a depth of about 60 feet. Halfway thru he saw a shark glide past so close he could touch him. He almost passed out from the shock, but managed to use his compass and swim back to shore. He was just saying “oh god, oh sh*t” over and over lol…

very underrated!😅

creative 😅

Lol 😂

underappreciated comment

Hahahahahaha 🤣🤣🤣

Hilarious comment I can't stop laughing.

This is scarier than most horror movies I’ve watched.

bruh

What about what they did made them dumbasses?

My new worst nightmare. *Drunk sharks*

Someone commented a poop joke and got 1.5 K likes. This joke is actually worth the likes

Stop qith the hold my beer shit it's played out and cringey

@@Drupp12 People: "Someone's spelled 'qith' instead of 'with', what should we do?" Spelling Police: "Hold my beer. B-E-E-R. Beer."

@@teop7887 dont be bitter you're not unoriginal lol. You still know what I meant so🤷

same. i got shivers

It absolutely was coming in to strike. He made it reconsider by pretending he could defend himself, but it was coming back.

@@waldoman7 Nah. Most likely just performing a double-back maneuver out of curiosity.

nah im all for sharks not being violent as the image usually paints them as. but homie came in once, then charged him a little, then followed him up to the surface again when he turned away...

@@LastElysiumRS no way dude. That shark was swimming super aggressively, and followed him to the surface too. 100% would’ve taken a bite if he stayed down longer/didn’t intimidate it

That's how mafia works.

I find it absolutely disturbing and plain scary how this shark literally camouflages to the water. HELL NO.

LOL LOVE THIS

Ark?

Yakuza 6 spearfishing?

IKR? People are baked lol

Sharks are everywhere you just don't see tbem. It is very rare for someone to be killed by a shark in Australia and usually where there is costline there is people swimming. Up the top not as much but that's because of crocodiles and people still swim and walk in water in croc areas. And Sharks aren't interested in people like this video shows. But crocodiles will eat anything that moves I've literally seen them try eat rocks that are thrown near them

Random Playzz 209

Random Playzz on a comment yes

It won't be long until there's a clip like that. Until then seek counseling.

What a silly question.

840 numbnuts

Lol.

Ew

The Daily Dose Of Randomness Crew whahahahahahahhahahaa

I have a mix of fear and respect for these beasts, they're sentient terminators. It's pretty badass to be one of the most terrified and regarded creatures known to mankind.

The Daily Dose Of Randomness 😂 i was literally watching that while taking a shit

Hell naw to the naw naw naw hell to the naw

Papa!!!

you sure do get around JT

Oh damn. Didn’t expect to see you here

JTsuits you are everywhere

Hahaha Gold comment

Too funny. This comment is better than the actual video. And the video is really good.

When I was a kid I used to look down in swimming pools for just that reason.

Ahahahahahahhahahaa

I literally lol'd at this. Good Job!

Me too man.

A bit overly dramatic i think.

Intergalactic Enemy let’s see if you think that if you nearly got eaten by a great white

@@deelawdazhahs1078 I meant the guy making the comment was being over dramatic when he said he was shaking from a video of a shark swimming past a guy a few times. I have nightmares about crocodiles and Ive never even seen one in person, so the dude in the video having nightmares is pretty reasonable. You lose this round keyboard warrior.

Intergalactic Enemy it’s not that deep, my guy

huh??

It’s fake

The confused replies made your comment 10 times funnier hahahaha

Woosh

Holy effin’ cow!!

Hahaha your Doom guy pic 😂

Poetic

Do videos of car crashes stop you from driving your car?

@@Aardvarked88 jokes on you, don't have a car 😎

Scuba dive in Hawaii! No great whites there. There are hammerheads and stuff but attacks are super rare.

Thorngrave this diver doesn’t understand that a great white doesn’t “almost eat” anything. If it wants to eat something then it eats it

too much understands more than you do

If he didn’t have that spear thing he maybe would of died

So he says nearly

I think it would have eaten you had it wanted to. Wonder what would have happened if you had poked it? Glad you didnt and glad you're ok.

shhhhh, you're ruining it for everyone working themselves up

@Johan Britz I've with sharks multiple times while diving or spearfishing, you can see it on my channel

Bowel movement too

I wish I could like this more than once :D

He should be glad he's not a Great Black Shark or he would have been shot

Vladimir Stroganoff lolololol

dantonchat71 umm ok but sharks can't run....😹😹😹

Holy shit this comment had my dying. Good one

Loud noises actually scare sharks away. So that was probably to defend himself

But also because he got scared the SHIT (litterally) out of

drew - idiotic comment.

Obviously that they know, but one has to take some risks for science, we would not be where we are today if we just "pussied" out from discovery of the unknown. If no one took risks, then we'd all be living in grass huts still. Science requires field study, and field study is what these guys are doing.

Probably only for protection, it's not only sharks divers have to be afraid of, there are many other predatory fish in the sea, they we're probably studying something. Because shark hunting is NOT done this way, mainly because it's illegal to hunt sharks in western countries. And shark hunters use the net drag technique to catch them, it's a very efficient but very destructive way of getting the sharks. Since every fishh gets caught up in the net as well, and end up dying. So no, he was not hunting sharks. You don't hunt sharks IN the water. But rather outside the water, with harpoon launchers or net dragging. Edit: What he is carrying is not a spear gun, it's a basic spear for self defense, two very different things. That spear is not going to kill a shark anytime soon, only stun it at the most.