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THIS IS THE moment a hungry Lemon Shark takes drastic action to gorge on a shoal of stranded sardines by throwing itself onto rocks in shallow waters off a Brazilian beach.

The astonishing phenomenon, caught on camera on Tuesday (3 Dec) by tourist guide Carlos Dino da Silva, shows 15 seconds of frenzied activity by the 6.5ft (2m) long sea predator on the Cacimba do Padre beach in the Baía dos Porcos, north east Brazil.


Images record the agile killer, slithering and twisting its way deftly across the sharp surface as it pursues and devours its prey before being overwhelmed by the surf and slipping back into its natural environment.

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