A Cuban resident in Florida had the scare of his life when during a spearfishing session, a bull shark stole a fish he had just caught from his hands, leaving only the head.
"These animals are incredible, you have to be very careful in the water," explained Dairo Alfonso Páez in a video posted on TikTok, the protagonist of the dangerous experience, who detailed that the incident occurred two weeks ago.
In the images, Alfonso Páez showed how after catching the fish, which he literally pulled out from under an underwater rock, a shark appeared out of nowhere once he brought it to the surface.
"If I don't give it to him, he will rip my hand off," commented the fisherman as he showed his followers the terrifying images.
In the audio, you can perceive Dairo's fright, who quickly received support from another fisherman who was with him.
However, in the video, it can be seen that -after achieving its goal- the shark left without showing any interest in the human who was the carrier of the prey.
"Son of a b... ate it, man. I'll kill them all for the..." said the fisherman as he boarded his boat, upset about the valuable specimen he had lost.
The bull shark is an aggressive species that can be found in both fresh and saltwater. It tends to live near highly populated areas, and many experts believe it to be the most dangerous of all existing sharks.
Together with the great white shark and the tiger shark, it forms the trio of sharks with the highest likelihood of attacking humans.
At the beginning of June, Florida authorities warned swimmers about the presence of sharks on the Gulf of Mexico coast, after three people - a woman and two teenagers - were injured in shark attacks in Walton County.
Authorities pointed out that there has been an increased presence of sharks in the so-called Panhandle area, which includes the 18 westernmost counties of the State. In addition to this, there have been other reports of sightings on beaches in southern Florida in recent weeks.
Shark attacks are rare. Last year, there were 69 unprovoked bites worldwide, of which ten were fatal, according to the International Shark Attack File at the University of Florida. However, that figure was higher than the recent average of six annual deaths.
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