A shark has been filmed chillingly swimming close to the shore in Dubai and cutting off two swimmers in the sea.
In the terrifying footage, a lifeguard can be seen attempting to urge the swimmers to get out of the water at Kite beach which is popular with kite surfers.
The woman appeared to calmly wait until the shark moved away behind her and then she slowly swam back to shore showing incredible calm and just occasionally looking over her shoulder at the predator.
By not making a commotion she was able to not attract the attention of the shark while another man out to sea was also able to swim back to shore without the shark pouncing.
The footage of the incident has gone viral on social media with it being viewed over seven million times on TikTok.
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Jam Press Vid)Many people were quick to praise the woman for her calmness while some pointed out how incredibly lucky she was.
She might have saved herself by not panicking and splashing around," one person said.
"She did the perfect thing," said another.
Others were just surprised at how relaxed the whole atmosphere was on the beach considering there was a shark in the water and swimmers in the sea. People could be seen paddling in the water even though the shark was just a few feet away.
"Even though nothing harmful happened, I think the reaction by both the swimmers and watchers did not convey the gravity of the situation," said one person and another replied: "understatement of the year."
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Jam Press Vid)The tourist who filmed the viral TikTok footage said they went back later to Kite Beach but did not spot any sharks.
The holidaymaker said: "We waited and waited for the shark, and nothing came. However they are patrolling the shore."
Meanwhile, a marine biologist Kayleigh Grant, has recorded a video on social media in Hawaii where she advised how people should behave when confronted with a shark.
"Splashing and swimming away imitates what prey does. When we’re dealing with top predators like sharks, we want to also act like predators," she said.
"What you’d actually want to do is not splash, turn around and face the animal, and maintain eye contact."
