The jaws of a large shark pop out of the water just feet from a local angler’s kayak off of western Oahu in video captured by the fisherman. 

Isaac Brumaghim had hooked a tuna on Sunday when a shark challenged him for the catch.

From GrindTV:

“I swear I could hear the shark’s jaws chomp closed,” said Brumaghim, who believes the predator was either a tiger shark or Galapagos shark.

What the footage does not show, however, is that after the tuna, or kawakawa, had shaken free of his hook, the shark devoured the fish and swam in a circle around Brumaghim before swimming off.

“It was as if the shark was taunting me,” Brumaghim said. “It gave me the heebie-jeebies.” 

Check out the still photos.

— Sophie Cocke

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