A clip of a high-speed shark chase extremely close to a beach shore has left social media users horrified.
The person filming appears to be standing just knee-deep in the crystal blue waters.
A hammerhead shark can be seen hurtling after a reef shark, with both just inches away from the camera.
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The video, filmed in Exmouth, Australia has over three million views and almost 50,000 likes, as reported by What’s The Jam.
Both the reef shark and the hammerhead soon turn away from the person in the water and continue their chase further out at sea.
Many terrified viewers have taken to the comment section to share their thoughts.
One person wrote: “Damn they get that close to land that’s exactly why I don’t get in.”
Another commented: “And this is why the hotel pool overlooking the beach is awesome!!!”
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“That hammer head shark is huge,” said a third user.
Someone else said: “Best of all I have seen on TikTok. Insanely close up.”
“I always felt sandbars were safe. I was wrong,” said another person.
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The spectacular footage proves that no matter how shallow the water is, you might still encounter a shark…
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