Diver Escapes Death After 16-Foot Great White Chomps Glass Cage; How Aggressive Is the Shark? [Watch]

A man wasn't expecting that the massive great white circling the glass cage where he was contained would attack it. Fortunately, when it did, it hit the empty part of the glass.

Great White Shark Attack

Jimmy, the diver, was in a clear Plexiglass cage at the surface. He has attracted the attention of the sharks surrounding them, A-Z Animals reported.

A 16-foot great white shark can be seen circling the cage for a couple of minutes. The shark swam up from the depths and butted the cage with its snouts multiple times.

However, the great white eventually launched at the cage breaking half of it and leaving Jimmy exposed. Fortunately, he lived to tell his story.

Jimmy was able to avoid the shark's teeth. However, it was reportedly a miracle that he did because the shark took a chomp, and the Plexiglass saved his life.

Jimmy said he felt that the bottom of the cage kept him safe. The shark went away after breaking the glass, and he only saw its big tail when it dove down.

Ralph Collier, a Shark Research Committee, said the shark's action was not surprising. According to Collier, the animal had already given several warnings. It was very cautious at first, but then it became bold and started bumping the glass.

The expert said the behavior had been observed many times along the Pacific Coast and other areas worldwide. When sharks perceive something threatening, they aggressively go after it. That's why the shark crashed the box because it wanted the box to go away.

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How Aggressive Are Great Whites

Jimmy was lucky that the great white didn't resurface in the water after breaking the glass and that he had enough time to swim to his safety. According to Oceana, the great white is an aggressive predator with an extremely muscular body. It can chase down the fastest swimmers in the ocean.

The great white can reach up to 20 feet and weigh several tons. Their body is reportedly adapted to a predatory life.

It wasn't the first case of a great white shark attack this year. In February, a fisher was decapitated by a 19-foot-long great white while diving for ax tripe, a scallop-like mollusk in Mexico, Live Science.

Manuel Nieblas López, in his 50s, was reportedly at a depth of between 36 and 59 feet. He was using a scuba-like apparatus connected to a compressed air surface on a boat.

Two other fishermen, who were on a support boat, reportedly witnessed the attack. According to Jose Bernal, they saw how the predator ripped off Lopez's head and bit his shoulders.

Experts told Live Science that sharks rarely bite people, and when they do, they typically grab the legs or torso as they mistake the person as prey like seals and release them when they realize it's a mistake. A shark biting a person's head or shoulder is reportedly very rare.