Shark v turtle: Video captures ruthless wildlife face-off
'This is freaking crazy… Go mother nature.'
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Your support makes all the difference.A turtle fought for survival as it was hunted down by a large shark, as creatures battled it out in the open water.
The face-off was filmed by Kaitlin Warnke off the coast of Corpus Christi, Texas.
The tiger shark can be seen relentlessly circling its prey, which thrashes in the water as it tries to swim away.
“There is literally a shark, right there,” a woman’s voice says, while another calls out “poor turtle”.
Another voice is heard shouting: “This is freaking crazy… Go mother nature.”
As the shark comes closer to the camera, revealing its huge frame and powerful fins cutting through the water, it continues to try and bite the turtle.
A male voice jokingly asks if they want to go swimming, which the others politely decline.
Eventually, the pursuit ends as the shark takes hold of the turtle in its mouth and swims down.
"The shark would bite it then swim around it and continue this till the shark took the turtle in its mouth to take it under," Ms Warnke said. "The entire time I was thinking about how amazing this was that I got to see nature in such a raw form. I felt sad that the turtle had to die, but there was nothing we could do to save it."
The 20-year-old was both amazed and upset by the spectacle.
She added: "My family and I ultimately had to accept the fact that the shark was going to get the turtle either way. It was slightly distressing because we saw an animal in distress but couldn't help him."
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