Diver sticks camera into mouth of Tiger Shark …

We knew newspaper readers would love these photos of a diver’s very close encounter with a Tiger Shark – Story in The SUNDAY MIRROR NEWSPAPER and the DAILY MAIL …
This is the moment a diver looked into the mouth of one of the world’s most dangerous animals – a Tiger shark.
Conservationist Russell Easton was taking footage of the sharks during a trip to the Bahamas when one suddenly turned on him. Fortunately he was holding the camera – for it was that which saved him from the teeth of the shark.
Russell, 42, a diver for 16 years, says: “I was looking through the view finder of the camera when I suddenly saw this huge mouth and teeth.

It is only because of the camera I was not bitten. Sharks bite because that is how they find out what something is – a shark uses its mouth as we use our hands – but it had its mouth wide open, about to bite me.
“Thankfully sharks are always attracted to cameras. So I managed to drop the camera, which distracted the shark for the few seconds it took for me to swim away.
“I had a very lucky escape.”
Despite the terrifying turn of events, Russell, a professional underwater photographer, from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, is due to return to Cat Island and photograph more sharks in April for conservation purposes and is looking for a sponsor.
He adds: “I don’t think the shark was attacking me. He was just curious, especially about the camera, and wanted to know what it was so was going to take a nibble to find out. The problem is a Tiger shark’s mouth is so large and it’s teeth so sharp that if a shark takes a nibble out of you, the bite is so huge it is often fatal.”

To gain the most publicity for Russell, who is looking for a sponsor, as well as the Sunday Mirror, we placed his story on MailOnline and in his local newspaper.

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