12-foot shark tries eating camera, giving glimpse of what it’s like to be prey
Great white sharks are apex predators, and an instance of one trying its best to eat a camera was recorded off Nova Scotia, Canada.
Atlantic Shark Expeditions shared the video Oct. 15 on social media, showing chilling footage of the view from inside a live shark’s mouth.
It’s all pink and pillowy — and the last thing helpless prey sees before being chewed up and swallowed.
“Mystic our tagged 12ft male shark might just like our polecam setup a little too much!” Atlantic Shark Expeditions wrote in its Facebook post.
“He bit the camera lens hard scratching it up and taking a chip out of it.”
The 25-second video clip, filmed by Robin Fisher, shows the shark coming in for the kill, then quickly changing its mind about swallowing the camera. The date it was filmed was not released.
Atlantic Shark Expeditions, based in Nova Scotia, is part of a shark conservation initiative that offers cage diving experiences off Nova Scotia, putting people eye to eye with sharks.
Mystic, a research shark initially estimated at 10 feet, was tagged for study in mid-August. He has since become a familiar face to researchers.
“He recently reappeared and has quickly become one of our favorite sharks being curious and coming in close,” Atlantic Shark Expeditions wrote in a Sept. 21 social media post.
“It is super interesting to start piecing together why some of the sharks seem to be hanging around whilst others are a bit more aloof and infrequently seen.”
This story was originally published October 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM.