Shark

"I was about 75 per cent sure I wasn't going to make it back to the boat," the fisherman said.

"Immediately there was blood everywhere, the first bite punctured an artery," James White said.

"There is a plethora of food around this guy, but for some reason he felt the urge to take a plunge into the water and snag a shark," said Rebecca Stout, who filmed the Ocean City incident.

The shark bit a large chunk out of the surfer's board as he hit the waves during sunset, forcing him to swim to shore to safety.

The surfer said it was the "craziest thing to have happened to me in my life."

"We saw some more splashing of water, and then the blood started spreading out more," said a witness.

A fellow passenger captured the incredible moment the shark leaped at their boat.

The animals have been spotted in several Californian bays in recent weeks.

"That's an immense amount of power you need to take a bite out of another shark like that," a shark expert commented.

NOAA scientists witnessed the event while searching for World War Two shipwreck the Bloody Marsh.

"What we have on this video is a shark that's clearly alive, a shark that's clearly affected by the shooting, affected by the shots that were fired into its body," an attorney not involved in the case said.

"Definitely too close of an encounter for my liking!" the father said.

The megalodon shark once ruled Earth's oceans. Now, a fossilized tooth from the extinct apex predator has been found by a man on a beach who was walking his dog.

Social media users expressed both fear and delight over the images of the shark.

The woman appeared completely unaware she was being trailed.

Florida officials said it is against the law—a second degree misdemeanor—to shoot sharks in state waters.

"This is a slap on the wrist. He hasn't been educated about what he's done."

Scientists think the biggest ever shark was likely killed off at least a million years before current estimates,

Study of shark carcasses discovered in 2017 indicate the presence of "super predator" killer whales.

Social media users have both criticized and defended the fisherman over the stunt.

Shark provides new insight to the "fantastic world" of creatures that existed 67 million years ago.

She was feeding off a sperm whale carcass when divers saw her.

The "Home Alone" actor's other options included "SharkWeek" and "Publicity Stunt."

Researchers link a supernova explosion 2.6 million years ago to the extinction of marine megafauna.

Will Krause was spearfishing in the Abacos.

The 8-foot attacker was later identified as a great white shark.

The boy was airlifted to a hospital for emergency surgery.

"It's just one of those things where she was spearfishing and the shark came from nowhere."

Arthur Medici died after the shark bit both his legs, severing his femoral arteries.

Man is killed after a shark attack off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts on Saturday.