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(47,953 posts) Wed Oct 9, 2013, 10:50 AM Oct 2013

The ultimate "Oh Shit!" moment [View all]

By TED THORNHILL
This is the jaw-some moment a lucky seal manages to overturn the odds and escape from a Great White - after balancing on its nose.

Photographer David 'Baz' Jenkins, 41, spotted the near-death battle while on board a Great White shark tour boat off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa.

As these amazing photographs show one seal escaped the jaws of death after balancing on the massive sharks nose just inches from rows and rows of razor sharp teeth.

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The ultimate "Oh Shit!" moment [View all] n2doc Oct 2013 OP

Go, little seal, GO! hlthe2b Oct 2013 #1

I'll put 50 on the seal. Goalie49009 Oct 2013 #2

It's more likely the seal was impacted JimDandy Oct 2013 #3

In other words - the shark missed lame54 Oct 2013 #5

Succinct! LOL JimDandy Oct 2013 #6

oh dear ... Tuesday Afternoon Oct 2013 #9

I know! We want the underdog to win. JimDandy Oct 2013 #10

*sigh* ... yeah, I understand intellectually ... emotionally I can't help but Tuesday Afternoon Oct 2013 #11

SWIM Seal SWIM !!! JimDandy Oct 2013 #12

Yikes! mnhtnbb Oct 2013 #4

Now THAT'S jumping the shark nt LiberalEsto Oct 2013 #7

DU Rec -- Tuesday Afternoon Oct 2013 #8