A New Zealand diver has shared footage of the moment he was bitten by a shark in Fiji during a spearfishing adventure last week.<\/p>\n
Henry Gibbs posted a video to his Instagram account of the moment he was attacked, explaining what happened leading up to the bite.<\/p>\n
“We\u2019d been diving the reef for an hour or two before moving off into the clearer blue water to try and pursue something a bit bigger while spearfishing,” Gibbs wrote.<\/p>\n
“We\u2019d missed a few shots on other fish, and there were a handful of grey reef sharks around, with this one hanging around us longer than the others.”<\/p>\n
Gibbs says he will never know exactly what caused this particular reef shark to become agitated and start making semi-circles around his group, but speculated it may have been commotion from their nearby boat or the sound of the spearguns.<\/p>\n
“Looking back, that should\u2019ve been enough of a sign to call the dive. I never thought a shark of that size posed much of a threat, and that was a mistake.”<\/p>\n
The video he shared shows a shark swimming below him in tight circles before it races up to him and latches on to his leg.<\/p>\n
Gibbs screams in pain as he attempts to shake the shark off.<\/p>\n
“I knew it was coming for me, which is why you can hear me starting to make a fuss before it even gets to me. It sidesteps the speargun, peels underneath me, latches onto the back of my calf and starts death rolling.<\/p>\n
“Most of my experience with sharks has been in New Zealand, where they\u2019re generally much less aggressive. I made the mistake of expecting this shark to behave the same way.”<\/p>\n
Gibbs needed multiple surgeries and a skin graft after the incident and used his post today to thank all the hospital staff who looked after him.<\/p>\n
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