Mako sharks have one of the strongest bites in the world.
A video has captured the dramatic moment Florida beachgoers came together to rescue a huge shark stranded on the sand. The incident occurred Thursday in Pensacola, on the Sunshine State’s Gulf Coast, when a group of beachgoers spotted a 10-foot Mako shark washed ashore. They soon got to work, wrestling the shark back into the water and, after several attempts, managed to push it back into the sea.
The video was shot by Tina Fey, a Texas woman who was vacationing on Pensacola Beach to celebrate her wedding anniversary with her husband. The couple was hanging out at the beach with friends when they spotted the Mako shark in the water.
“It just showed up when we were swimming. Coincidentally, I beached right in front of us. We took action to get him back in the water as the wildlife people and lifeguards told us there was nothing they could do!! So we did our best to save him,” she captioned the video on Facebook.
Watch the video here:
The video begins with a mako shark, with pointy, razor-sharp teeth, lying on the beach as three men try to drag it while holding its tail. The marine predator becomes irritated, causing the men to step back. However, when the shark calmed down, they grabbed the shark’s tail fin again.
“Honey, it’s too dangerous, don’t do that,” the woman who filmed the encounter can be heard saying. The men eventually turned the shark around and pointed it back toward the ocean as the crowd cheered and roared and greeted the rescuers.
“It was very exciting, the adrenaline was definitely flowing, I was scared because my husband was in the water with it. We knew we had to act quickly for a better chance of survival,” said Tina Fey. Insider.
Notably, mako sharks are classified as endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. They can grow up to 12 feet long and weigh 1,200 pounds. According to AmericanOceans.org, mako sharks have one of the strongest bites in the world.
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