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Photographer captures the moment a shark leaps 3 meters into the air for dinner

05-06-2020

2020

Wacky animals

Jumping Shark By Kate Harrold **EXCLUSIVE** A BRITISH photographer has captured a great white shark as it leaped three-metres into the air for its dinner - only for the disappointed beast to find out it was a decoy. One picture shows the 500-kilogram great white shark as it jumped above the ocean’s surface and captured the decoy ‘seal’ safely in its mouth. In another image we see the shark as it nose-dived back into familiar territory whilst its tail-fin hovered three-metres above the water. Photographer, Ewan Wilson (24) from Cardiff, Wales, was in Mossell Bay, South Africa, when he captured this extraordinary sight. After a four-hour stake out, a sub-adult great white shark suddenly made an appearance – only to be sorely disappointed. “As soon as the shark bit down on the decoy, it sorely regretted it. The decoy is used by photographers to observe the hunting behaviours of these apex predators,” Ewan said. “The decoy is tied to the boat so it can be returned safely although this behaviour is very normal of a great white shark and they would behave the same way with a real cap fur seal. “It happened about one hundred-feet away from the boat. Seeing a fantastically powerful animal jump in such a manner that close up is astonishing. “There were no signs of any sharks for around four hours. Just as the sun began to rise, the hunt began and we had a couple of seconds to photograph it before it ended again.” Great white sharks feast on fish, rays, and surprisingly, other sharks. Adult great whites are also able to hunt seals, sea lions, whales, and sea turtles – this kind of hunting requires more power and skill. Once caught, a great white shark swallows their prey whole. There are an estimated 3,500 great white sharks left in existence and the species conservation status is listed as vulnerable. Illegal poaching is the main contributing factor in the declining population of this incredible species. “Many people see sharks the same way that they are portrayed in Jaws. The reality is that sharks are intelligent and beautiful creatures,” Ewan said. “These animals will not eat everything in sight. They can select a strategy when hunting. “One of my aims as a wildlife photographer is to show people how amazing the Earth’s animals are. I hope to inspire people to come and see these animals in the wild to see how incredible they really are.” For more information, see www.mediadrumworld.com. ENDS

The great white dives back into the ocean after realising he has caught a decoy. MOSSELL BAY, SOUTH AFRICA: A BRITISH photographer has captured a great white shark as it leaped three-metres into the air for its dinner - only for the disappointed beast to find out it was a decoy. One picture shows the 500-kilogram great white shark as it jumped above the ocean?s surface and captured the decoy ?seal? safely in its mouth. In another image we see the shark as it nose-dived back into familiar territory whilst its tail-fin hovered three-metres above the water. Photographer, Ewan Wilson (24) from Cardiff, Wales, was in Mossell Bay, South Africa, when he captured this extraordinary sight. After a four-hour stake out, a sub-adult great white shark suddenly made an appearance ? only to be sorely disappointed. Great white sharks feast on fish, rays, and surprisingly, other sharks. Adult great whites are also able to hunt seals, sea lions, whales, and sea turtles ? this kind of hunting requires more power and skill. Once caught, a great white shark swallows their prey whole. There are an estimated 3,500 great white sharks left in existence and the species conservation status is listed as vulnerable. Illegal poaching is the main contributing factor in the declining population of this incredible species. mediadrumworld.com / Ewan Wilson

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captionThe great white dives back into the ocean after realising he has caught a decoy. MOSSELL BAY, SOUTH AFRICA: A BRITISH photographer has captured a great white shark as it leaped three-metres into the air for its dinner - only for the disappointed beast to find out it was a decoy. One picture shows the 500-kilogram great white shark as it jumped above the ocean?s surface and captured the decoy ?seal? safely in its mouth. In another image we see the shark as it nose-dived back into familiar territory whilst its tail-fin hovered three-metres above the water. Photographer, Ewan Wilson (24) from Cardiff, Wales, was in Mossell Bay, South Africa, when he captured this extraordinary sight. After a four-hour stake out, a sub-adult great white shark suddenly made an appearance ? only to be sorely disappointed. Great white sharks feast on fish, rays, and surprisingly, other sharks. Adult great whites are also able to hunt seals, sea lions, whales, and sea turtles ? this kind of hunting requires more power and skill. Once caught, a great white shark swallows their prey whole. There are an estimated 3,500 great white sharks left in existence and the species conservation status is listed as vulnerable. Illegal poaching is the main contributing factor in the declining population of this incredible species. mediadrumworld.com / Ewan Wilson

This shark does a 180-degree flip to catch its 'dinner.' MOSSELL BAY, SOUTH AFRICA: A BRITISH photographer has captured a great white shark as it leaped three-metres into the air for its dinner - only for the disappointed beast to find out it was a decoy. One picture shows the 500-kilogram great white shark as it jumped above the ocean?s surface and captured the decoy ?seal? safely in its mouth. In another image we see the shark as it nose-dived back into familiar territory whilst its tail-fin hovered three-metres above the water. Photographer, Ewan Wilson (24) from Cardiff, Wales, was in Mossell Bay, South Africa, when he captured this extraordinary sight. After a four-hour stake out, a sub-adult great white shark suddenly made an appearance ? only to be sorely disappointed. Great white sharks feast on fish, rays, and surprisingly, other sharks. Adult great whites are also able to hunt seals, sea lions, whales, and sea turtles ? this kind of hunting requires more power and skill. Once caught, a great white shark swallows their prey whole. There are an estimated 3,500 great white sharks left in existence and the species conservation status is listed as vulnerable. Illegal poaching is the main contributing factor in the declining population of this incredible species. mediadrumworld.com / Ewan Wilson

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captionThis shark does a 180-degree flip to catch its 'dinner.' MOSSELL BAY, SOUTH AFRICA: A BRITISH photographer has captured a great white shark as it leaped three-metres into the air for its dinner - only for the disappointed beast to find out it was a decoy. One picture shows the 500-kilogram great white shark as it jumped above the ocean?s surface and captured the decoy ?seal? safely in its mouth. In another image we see the shark as it nose-dived back into familiar territory whilst its tail-fin hovered three-metres above the water. Photographer, Ewan Wilson (24) from Cardiff, Wales, was in Mossell Bay, South Africa, when he captured this extraordinary sight. After a four-hour stake out, a sub-adult great white shark suddenly made an appearance ? only to be sorely disappointed. Great white sharks feast on fish, rays, and surprisingly, other sharks. Adult great whites are also able to hunt seals, sea lions, whales, and sea turtles ? this kind of hunting requires more power and skill. Once caught, a great white shark swallows their prey whole. There are an estimated 3,500 great white sharks left in existence and the species conservation status is listed as vulnerable. Illegal poaching is the main contributing factor in the declining population of this incredible species. mediadrumworld.com / Ewan Wilson

With the decoy in its mouth, the great white heads back to the safety of the sea. MOSSELL BAY, SOUTH AFRICA: A BRITISH photographer has captured a great white shark as it leaped three-metres into the air for its dinner - only for the disappointed beast to find out it was a decoy. One picture shows the 500-kilogram great white shark as it jumped above the ocean?s surface and captured the decoy ?seal? safely in its mouth. In another image we see the shark as it nose-dived back into familiar territory whilst its tail-fin hovered three-metres above the water. Photographer, Ewan Wilson (24) from Cardiff, Wales, was in Mossell Bay, South Africa, when he captured this extraordinary sight. After a four-hour stake out, a sub-adult great white shark suddenly made an appearance ? only to be sorely disappointed. Great white sharks feast on fish, rays, and surprisingly, other sharks. Adult great whites are also able to hunt seals, sea lions, whales, and sea turtles ? this kind of hunting requires more power and skill. Once caught, a great white shark swallows their prey whole. There are an estimated 3,500 great white sharks left in existence and the species conservation status is listed as vulnerable. Illegal poaching is the main contributing factor in the declining population of this incredible species. mediadrumworld.com / Ewan Wilson

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captionWith the decoy in its mouth, the great white heads back to the safety of the sea. MOSSELL BAY, SOUTH AFRICA: A BRITISH photographer has captured a great white shark as it leaped three-metres into the air for its dinner - only for the disappointed beast to find out it was a decoy. One picture shows the 500-kilogram great white shark as it jumped above the ocean?s surface and captured the decoy ?seal? safely in its mouth. In another image we see the shark as it nose-dived back into familiar territory whilst its tail-fin hovered three-metres above the water. Photographer, Ewan Wilson (24) from Cardiff, Wales, was in Mossell Bay, South Africa, when he captured this extraordinary sight. After a four-hour stake out, a sub-adult great white shark suddenly made an appearance ? only to be sorely disappointed. Great white sharks feast on fish, rays, and surprisingly, other sharks. Adult great whites are also able to hunt seals, sea lions, whales, and sea turtles ? this kind of hunting requires more power and skill. Once caught, a great white shark swallows their prey whole. There are an estimated 3,500 great white sharks left in existence and the species conservation status is listed as vulnerable. Illegal poaching is the main contributing factor in the declining population of this incredible species. mediadrumworld.com / Ewan Wilson

The shark appears to hover three-metres in the air - the seal in its mouth. MOSSELL BAY, SOUTH AFRICA: A BRITISH photographer has captured a great white shark as it leaped three-metres into the air for its dinner - only for the disappointed beast to find out it was a decoy. One picture shows the 500-kilogram great white shark as it jumped above the ocean?s surface and captured the decoy ?seal? safely in its mouth. In another image we see the shark as it nose-dived back into familiar territory whilst its tail-fin hovered three-metres above the water. Photographer, Ewan Wilson (24) from Cardiff, Wales, was in Mossell Bay, South Africa, when he captured this extraordinary sight. After a four-hour stake out, a sub-adult great white shark suddenly made an appearance ? only to be sorely disappointed. Great white sharks feast on fish, rays, and surprisingly, other sharks. Adult great whites are also able to hunt seals, sea lions, whales, and sea turtles ? this kind of hunting requires more power and skill. Once caught, a great white shark swallows their prey whole. There are an estimated 3,500 great white sharks left in existence and the species conservation status is listed as vulnerable. Illegal poaching is the main contributing factor in the declining population of this incredible species. mediadrumworld.com / Ewan Wilson

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captionThe shark appears to hover three-metres in the air - the seal in its mouth. MOSSELL BAY, SOUTH AFRICA: A BRITISH photographer has captured a great white shark as it leaped three-metres into the air for its dinner - only for the disappointed beast to find out it was a decoy. One picture shows the 500-kilogram great white shark as it jumped above the ocean?s surface and captured the decoy ?seal? safely in its mouth. In another image we see the shark as it nose-dived back into familiar territory whilst its tail-fin hovered three-metres above the water. Photographer, Ewan Wilson (24) from Cardiff, Wales, was in Mossell Bay, South Africa, when he captured this extraordinary sight. After a four-hour stake out, a sub-adult great white shark suddenly made an appearance ? only to be sorely disappointed. Great white sharks feast on fish, rays, and surprisingly, other sharks. Adult great whites are also able to hunt seals, sea lions, whales, and sea turtles ? this kind of hunting requires more power and skill. Once caught, a great white shark swallows their prey whole. There are an estimated 3,500 great white sharks left in existence and the species conservation status is listed as vulnerable. Illegal poaching is the main contributing factor in the declining population of this incredible species. mediadrumworld.com / Ewan Wilson

This great white aims for its dinner with exact precision. MOSSELL BAY, SOUTH AFRICA: A BRITISH photographer has captured a great white shark as it leaped three-metres into the air for its dinner - only for the disappointed beast to find out it was a decoy. One picture shows the 500-kilogram great white shark as it jumped above the ocean?s surface and captured the decoy ?seal? safely in its mouth. In another image we see the shark as it nose-dived back into familiar territory whilst its tail-fin hovered three-metres above the water. Photographer, Ewan Wilson (24) from Cardiff, Wales, was in Mossell Bay, South Africa, when he captured this extraordinary sight. After a four-hour stake out, a sub-adult great white shark suddenly made an appearance ? only to be sorely disappointed. Great white sharks feast on fish, rays, and surprisingly, other sharks. Adult great whites are also able to hunt seals, sea lions, whales, and sea turtles ? this kind of hunting requires more power and skill. Once caught, a great white shark swallows their prey whole. There are an estimated 3,500 great white sharks left in existence and the species conservation status is listed as vulnerable. Illegal poaching is the main contributing factor in the declining population of this incredible species. mediadrumworld.com / Ewan Wilson

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captionThis great white aims for its dinner with exact precision. MOSSELL BAY, SOUTH AFRICA: A BRITISH photographer has captured a great white shark as it leaped three-metres into the air for its dinner - only for the disappointed beast to find out it was a decoy. One picture shows the 500-kilogram great white shark as it jumped above the ocean?s surface and captured the decoy ?seal? safely in its mouth. In another image we see the shark as it nose-dived back into familiar territory whilst its tail-fin hovered three-metres above the water. Photographer, Ewan Wilson (24) from Cardiff, Wales, was in Mossell Bay, South Africa, when he captured this extraordinary sight. After a four-hour stake out, a sub-adult great white shark suddenly made an appearance ? only to be sorely disappointed. Great white sharks feast on fish, rays, and surprisingly, other sharks. Adult great whites are also able to hunt seals, sea lions, whales, and sea turtles ? this kind of hunting requires more power and skill. Once caught, a great white shark swallows their prey whole. There are an estimated 3,500 great white sharks left in existence and the species conservation status is listed as vulnerable. Illegal poaching is the main contributing factor in the declining population of this incredible species. mediadrumworld.com / Ewan Wilson

This behaviour is normal of sharks when catching fur seals. MOSSELL BAY, SOUTH AFRICA: A BRITISH photographer has captured a great white shark as it leaped three-metres into the air for its dinner - only for the disappointed beast to find out it was a decoy. One picture shows the 500-kilogram great white shark as it jumped above the ocean?s surface and captured the decoy ?seal? safely in its mouth. In another image we see the shark as it nose-dived back into familiar territory whilst its tail-fin hovered three-metres above the water. Photographer, Ewan Wilson (24) from Cardiff, Wales, was in Mossell Bay, South Africa, when he captured this extraordinary sight. After a four-hour stake out, a sub-adult great white shark suddenly made an appearance ? only to be sorely disappointed. Great white sharks feast on fish, rays, and surprisingly, other sharks. Adult great whites are also able to hunt seals, sea lions, whales, and sea turtles ? this kind of hunting requires more power and skill. Once caught, a great white shark swallows their prey whole. There are an estimated 3,500 great white sharks left in existence and the species conservation status is listed as vulnerable. Illegal poaching is the main contributing factor in the declining population of this incredible species. mediadrumworld.com / Ewan Wilson

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captionThis behaviour is normal of sharks when catching fur seals. MOSSELL BAY, SOUTH AFRICA: A BRITISH photographer has captured a great white shark as it leaped three-metres into the air for its dinner - only for the disappointed beast to find out it was a decoy. One picture shows the 500-kilogram great white shark as it jumped above the ocean?s surface and captured the decoy ?seal? safely in its mouth. In another image we see the shark as it nose-dived back into familiar territory whilst its tail-fin hovered three-metres above the water. Photographer, Ewan Wilson (24) from Cardiff, Wales, was in Mossell Bay, South Africa, when he captured this extraordinary sight. After a four-hour stake out, a sub-adult great white shark suddenly made an appearance ? only to be sorely disappointed. Great white sharks feast on fish, rays, and surprisingly, other sharks. Adult great whites are also able to hunt seals, sea lions, whales, and sea turtles ? this kind of hunting requires more power and skill. Once caught, a great white shark swallows their prey whole. There are an estimated 3,500 great white sharks left in existence and the species conservation status is listed as vulnerable. Illegal poaching is the main contributing factor in the declining population of this incredible species. mediadrumworld.com / Ewan Wilson

Photographer, Ewan Wilson. MOSSELL BAY, SOUTH AFRICA: A BRITISH photographer has captured a great white shark as it leaped three-metres into the air for its dinner - only for the disappointed beast to find out it was a decoy. One picture shows the 500-kilogram great white shark as it jumped above the ocean?s surface and captured the decoy ?seal? safely in its mouth. In another image we see the shark as it nose-dived back into familiar territory whilst its tail-fin hovered three-metres above the water. Photographer, Ewan Wilson (24) from Cardiff, Wales, was in Mossell Bay, South Africa, when he captured this extraordinary sight. After a four-hour stake out, a sub-adult great white shark suddenly made an appearance ? only to be sorely disappointed. Great white sharks feast on fish, rays, and surprisingly, other sharks. Adult great whites are also able to hunt seals, sea lions, whales, and sea turtles ? this kind of hunting requires more power and skill. Once caught, a great white shark swallows their prey whole. There are an estimated 3,500 great white sharks left in existence and the species conservation status is listed as vulnerable. Illegal poaching is the main contributing factor in the declining population of this incredible species. mediadrumworld.com / Ewan Wilson

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captionPhotographer, Ewan Wilson. MOSSELL BAY, SOUTH AFRICA: A BRITISH photographer has captured a great white shark as it leaped three-metres into the air for its dinner - only for the disappointed beast to find out it was a decoy. One picture shows the 500-kilogram great white shark as it jumped above the ocean?s surface and captured the decoy ?seal? safely in its mouth. In another image we see the shark as it nose-dived back into familiar territory whilst its tail-fin hovered three-metres above the water. Photographer, Ewan Wilson (24) from Cardiff, Wales, was in Mossell Bay, South Africa, when he captured this extraordinary sight. After a four-hour stake out, a sub-adult great white shark suddenly made an appearance ? only to be sorely disappointed. Great white sharks feast on fish, rays, and surprisingly, other sharks. Adult great whites are also able to hunt seals, sea lions, whales, and sea turtles ? this kind of hunting requires more power and skill. Once caught, a great white shark swallows their prey whole. There are an estimated 3,500 great white sharks left in existence and the species conservation status is listed as vulnerable. Illegal poaching is the main contributing factor in the declining population of this incredible species. mediadrumworld.com / Ewan Wilson