DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA — A diver trying to help guide a pregnant shark into a net was ferociously attacked by the big fish, and received some gruesome-looking bite marks in the process.

The footage, captured in 2012 at an aquarium in South Africa, shows divers trying to aid the ragged tooth shark, as they were concerned for her health just prior to her giving birth. These sharks, also called grey nurse sharks, are actually known to be quite docile and harmless most of the time.
After being darted, she can be seen calmly swimming through the tank, as the divers wait to move in. But when one of the divers grabbed the right shark's pectoral fin, that's when she got annoyed, and quickly turned on him. She violently thrashes for a few seconds and then releases, but it didn't take long for some gnarly damage to be done.

The diver sustained serious wounds to his arm. According to the person who released the footage, after a series of operations, he's now fully healed, and back diving with sharks.

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