Shark Swims Up To Diver For Help, Won't Stop thanking Him After He Saves Her Life

people who are willing to go out of their way to rescue the life of an animal are truly valuable heroes while most rescue missions tend to happen above water sometimes fascinating things can happen under the sea when one diver was approached by a shark during an aquatic adventure he was pretty terrified that was until he realized the shark was in desperate need of help [Music] josh eckles is a local diver who'd been diving with the emerald dive charters in jupiter florida eccles is no stranger to the art of diving and he's been doing it for the past five years the past five years eccles has been diving into the waters of jupiter florida he does this three times a day every single day needless to say the man has a ton of experience also if you have not done so already please subscribe to our channel and click that notification bell to get inspired by these real-life stories every day now back to the story however on one particular day echols went diving with his team and could tell that something wasn't right while in the atlantic ocean a shark continuously tried to get his attention it was very strange the shark that was trying desperately to get the diver's attention was a lemon shark they always bump into us but they don't bump into us that frequently echols told wpbf that's how he knew something was wrong this female shark kept constantly bumping into me eccles told cbs news and when she would bump into me she would lift up her head showing me her stomach it was pretty intimidating to say the least it's not unusual to run into lemon sharks when diving in the jupiter waters local residents constantly have run-ins with the sharks on the beach however that doesn't mean they aren't an intimidating bunch running into lemon sharks can be a pretty scary sighting these sharks are very powerful and can reach lengths of up to 11 feet they also feast on other sharks large seabirds and other sea creatures however even though lemon sharks are big and powerful they're typically not aggressive towards humans that's why when eccles had run-ins with them before he was never quite fearful of the situation after the shark had continuously nudged eccles he realized that something was up that's when he decided to see what the shark was trying to show him suddenly echols saw what the problem was as echols looked closer he saw that there was a huge hook sticking out of the shark's belly it would lift up its stomach and i noticed something so i kind of poked at it a little the little hook or something echols explained eccles began to try and help by pulling out the hook however the first time he tried to help the shark quickly swam away this wasn't going to be an easy rescue eventually the shark swam back to eccles this time he grabbed the shark by the head and pulled up so that he could get a better look it was metal he said it wouldn't give i would slowly pull pull pull echols continued to pull and pull in order to get the object out he could tell that it was a hook however he didn't know just how big it was finally he was able to pull the thing out and it was enormous when echols finally worked the hook out he was shocked by the size of it echols who six foot three and 200 pounds said that the hook was the size of his hand it's no wonder the shark was so adamant about its removal it was the kind of thing she definitely wanted out he said as soon as i started messing with it the shark was like get this out of me echols has an idea of how it had gotten stuck in the first place eccles believes the shark must have swallowed the hook over a year ago finally the hook had worked its way out of her body that was a crazy opportunity experience to be a part of eccles said echols and his team had been filming the entire interaction when they captured something else amazing on camera it seems that at one point the sharks swam up to the camera as a way to give thanks once the hook had been removed from the shark's belly she was grateful and ready to be on her way she enthusiastically swam away and into the clear waters eccles felt accomplished what echols and his team got to experience was something truly incredible getting that close to a lemon shark that was injured without getting hurt is a spectacular occurrence echols is a true hero for going out of his way to help out the poor lemon shark thanks to his bravery the lemon shark can now continue on with her life in the waters [Music] if you like the video please give it a thumbs up and consider sharing it with someone who may find it interesting thanks for watching and see you in the next one [Music] [Music]

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Length: 5min 8sec (308 seconds)

Published: Wed May 11 2022