TERRORISTS.
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THIS INCREDIBLE VIDEO ---
SHOWS A CLOSE CALL ---
RIGHT OFF THE COAST OF
MASSACHUSETTS.
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A BIOLOGIST--
ESCAPING THE JAWS--
OF A GREAT WHITE
SHARK.
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NEW TONIGHT,
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER ERIC
HALPERIN ---
SPOKE TO THE
RESEARCHER ---
WHO SAYS SHARKS LIKE
THESE ---
AREN'T AN UNCOMMON
SIGHT IN OUR WATERS.
(EH)
THE MARINE BIOLOGIST IN
THIS VIDEO HAS DECADES
OF EXPERIENCE WITH
SHARKS.
HE'S USED TO BEING UP
CLOSE AND PERSONAL
JUST FEET AWAY FROM
THEM.
BUT THIS WAS A FIRST.
AN UNFORGETTABLE
MOMENT.
OUT ON THE WATERS OFF CAPE
COD.
HERE'S THE VIDEO AGAIN IN
SLOW MOTION...A GREAT WHITE
SHARK LAUNCHES OUT OF THE
WATER AT A RESEARCHER OUT
ON THE PULPIT OF THE BOAT.
THE RESEARCHER IS DR. GREG
SKOMAL.
WHEN I LOOKED DOWN WAS
LOOKING DOWN THE MOUTH OF
THIS SHARK AND IT WAS
ACTUALLY QUITE EXCITING BUT
IT ONLY LASTED A SPLIT
SECOND
HE WAS OUT ON THE OCEAN
LAST WEEK WITH A TEAM
WORKING ON A MULTI YEAR
STUDY INTO THE BEHAVIOR OF
GREAT WHITE SHARKS. THEY
GO OUT TWICE A WEEK TRYING
TO TAG AND GET VIDEO OF
THEM. USUALLY AS SEEN HERE
THE WATER IS MORE CLEAR
AND HE CAN SEE THE SHARK.
LAST WEEK HE SAYS HE KNEW
IT WAS IN THE AREA BUT
MURKY WATERS MADE IT
HARDER TO SPOT.
IT HAPPENED SO VERY QUICKLY
THAT THERE'S NOT A LOT THAT
CAN GO THROUGH MY HEAD
OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT
THERE'S A SHARK WITH IT'S
MOUTH WIDE OPEN AND I
BETTER STEP BACK
THE URI GRAD NOW BASED OUT
OF NEW BEDFORD HAS MORE
THAN 30 YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE WITH SHARKS ALL
AROUND THE WORLD. THIS IS A
PICTURE HE TOOK
UNDERWATER HEAD ON WITH
ONE BUT STILL SAYS LAST
WEEK IS ONE OF HIS TOP 5
MEMORIES.
NO I HAVE TO ADMIT I'VE NEVER
HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY
BEFORE TO SEE INTO THE
GAPING MOUTH OF A WHITE
SHARK
ACCORDING TO SKOMAL IT'S
OUT OF THE ORDINARY FOR A
SHARK TO LAUNCH UP AT A
RESEARCHER. SO NOW THE
SCIENTIST IN HIM IS LEFT
ASKING WHY..
Why did the shark do this and i
don't
know what the answer to that is
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HE ESTIMATES THE SHARK
IN THE VIDEO IS AT LEAST
10 FEET LONG.
AND GET THIS..SKOMAL
SAYS THEY ARE LUCKY
THIS ONCE IN A LIFETIME
OPPORTUNITY WAS
CAUGHT ON VIDEO
BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT
ALWAYS RECORDING WITH
THAT CAMERA ON THE
BOAT.
LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM
I'M ERIC HALPERIN,
EYEWITNESS NEWS.
