Woman gets dragged 33ft underwater by Tiger Shark and films it on GoPro!

Two spearfishers off the coast of Kalbarri, Western Australia, had a close call last week when a large Tiger Shark snatched a fish they’d speared, and accidentally took one of them for a ride.

Jasmine Warneford and Sam Anderson had only just met at the Red Bluff campsite days earlier. On their second dive together, after five hours in shallow water, a Tiger Shark appeared and grabbed a fish from their float line. Then things escalated. As the shark swam off with its stolen snack, it also yanked the attached float line, which was still tied around Jasmine's waist. She was flipped around and dragged backwards through the water for about ten metres before managing to free herself with a knife. The whole moment was captured on her GoPro, including the panicked scramble as Anderson swam towards her, trying to help. Despite the scare, the pair decided to keep diving. They landed two more fish before calling it a day.

According to both divers, the shark wasn’t out to attack them, but it was just so keyed onto the fish they had caught earlier. But when that fish comes with a human attached… things can get messy. Click the button below to hear what we had to say about this gnarly encounter!

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This Mysterious Shark Was Just Filmed Alive for the First Time

Until recently, this blotchy deep-sea shark was basically a rumour. Known only from dead specimens turning up in Indonesian fish markets, no one had ever filmed it alive. That changed when researchers exploring the waters off Timor Leste caught it on camera.

The team had dropped deep - sea BRUVs off the coast of Dili to see what was lurking in the deep. They were expecting rock walls, maybe a few benthic creatures. What they got was the first footage ever of a painted swellshark just casually swimming by at around 1,870 ft below the surface. Identifying it wasn’t easy. Painted swellsharks look a lot like their cousins. It took two shark experts to confirm what they were seeing. But there it was: Cephaloscyllium speccum, alive and cruising the reef slope.

This find pushes the known range of the species by around 683 miles. Until now, it was only recorded in Indonesia. So spotting one in Timor Leste suggests it’s got a much wider distribution than we thought. Shows us just how little we know about the ocean and its inhabitants. Even more impressive? This was all done on a shoestring budget. The project was more about exploring than species hunting. But this happy accident proves there is still so much left to find in the deep. Especially in places like Timor Leste,one of the youngest countries in the world and a hotspot for marine life. Also worth noting: this shark lives way too deep for regular surveys. If it wasn’t for a camera dropped off a boat, we’d still have no idea what it looked like in its natural habitat. Which just goes to show that sometimes fish markets are only the tip of the iceberg.

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This week we review footage of an Australian woman getting attacked by a tiger shark, USA National Park cuts, and a potential Ivory Billed Woodpecker sighting… Enjoy!