Photos showing a daring man touching a great white shark on the nose have gone viral.
The pictures were taken in the ocean off the coast of Guadalope Island, Mexico.
The pictures show a team of three scuba divers in a cage enticing the shark toward them with bait.
Terrifying pictures of divers reaching out to pat a great white shark https://t.co/gaFG3puvYJ pic.twitter.com/8KzEAU709n
— Daily Mirror (@DailyMirror) January 24, 2016
PICTURE OF THE DAY: Diver in Mexico decides to pat a Great White on the nose! Fortunately, the shark took the bait, not his hand!(Credit: Caters News Agency)
Posted by World News Now on Monday, January 25, 2016
Then one of the men taps the shark on the nose.
Dmitry Vasyanovich, 47, from Moscow, Russia, snapped the shots.
The area is popular spot for diving with sharks, according to the Mirror. “The cash generated from tourist activity is considered a key part of efforts to conserve the species, which is considered vulnerable because of overfishing,” it said.
