Diver Reunites With Shark He Has Known For 4 Hours In This Beautiful Video

A video that shows a diver ‘creasing’ a shark that swims close to it and pokes its snout on the man’s face is going viral. The undated video shows the diver, touching the shark’s head before the shark turns around and swims away. This video was posted on Instagram by UNILAD on Tuesday. The clip captures an encounter between a diver and a shark. The caption reads, “He has known for 4 years.” This clip has over 25,000 likes. While some people thought the interaction between the shark and the diver was wholesome, others felt that it was still dangerous to be this close to sharks.

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Commenting on the video, a person remarked sarcastically, “I too kiss my pizza before I eat it.” Another observed, “Shark did an eye roll ……as he pulled the diver into a false sense of security.” An Instagram user explained the ‘eye roll’ gesture of the shark as “This move is called an ocular rotation where the shark rolls their eyes completely back and an extremely tough piece of cartilage is exposed which shields the eyes. This is to protect the shark’s precious eyes from its prey inflicting injury during an attack.”

Someone highlighted how shark attacks are rare and wrote, “Contrary to popular belief, shark attacks are actually rare. Hollywood is just exaggerating everything.”

According to the International Wildlife Museum, the chances of being attacked and killed by a shark are just one in 3.75 million. This probability is lower than the possibility of dying by a lightning strike or a firework accident and yet sharks are seen as aggressive human predators, resulting in shark hunting.

However, even as shark attacks are rare, experts advise divers and swimmers to avoid waters where sharks are known to be present or leave the water if one spots a shark.

In April 2022, Swiss cinematographer, Zimy Da Kid, shared a video that showed a tiger shark trying to eat his camera.

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While sharing this clip, he wrote, “That moment this curious Tiger Shark decided to taste my insta360 camera during our last deepsea guardians expedition.”

The tiger shark chomps on his camera even as it is recording. The video captures the shark’s sharp teeth and the insides of its mouth. The shark eventually spits back the camera after realizing that it is inedible and swims away without harming the diver.