When coming upon a 14-foot great white shark in shallow waters, the universal response is to turn to a friend and say, as calmly as possible, "That's a f*cking white shark, dude. Holy shit."
Dale Pearson and a friend saw a figure struggling in the shallow waters near their homes in Baja California, Mexico. Thinking it would be a whale or a hammerhead shark, the two men trudged out to help the animal. That's when they realized that it wasn't a whale, but a large great white that had been injured by a boat propellor.
The two men got within a few yards of the shark as it bled, working to free itself from the shallows.
According to a Facebook post by the Marine Conservation Science Institute, the shark's injuries are likely not life threatening.
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