A great white shark, which tried to attack two divers in an underwater cage, got so hard between the bars of the cage that it broke its neck and drifted dead to the bottom of the ocean, according to a document that appeared on the X social network. This
is not a new document, but The video recently surfaced on X shows the shark surfacing towards the cage in an attempt to reach the terrified pair of divers.
But when the shark pushes its head in between the bars, it gets stuck and tries to free itself, according to reports in the New York Post, for about 25 minutes until it fatally injures its neck.
Blood pours out of the cage, and eventually the carcass of the dead shark detaches from the bars and falls out of the cage, belly up and sinks to the bottom of the ocean.
The video, which was reportedly first uploaded to YouTube in 2019, had nearly 18 million new views by Monday afternoon this week.
According to the description on YouTube, the encounter took place near the island of Guadalupe in Mexico.
The gruesome end of the fish left some viewers upset.
"It's terrible. I hope they fix the cage so the sharks don't get stuck like that again," wrote surfer @Jamie147493622.
And surfer @ClintTorris1836 added "Why do they insist on building these cages with so much space between the bars?"
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