Seal survives by a nose

Written by:
Hans Kruit, 9 October 2013

For a few precious moments, the fate of one seal hung in the balance ... as the seal itself balanced on the tip of a great white shark's nose.

This time around, the seal snatched life from the jaws of death and escaped — just barely — and one lucky lensman was around to capture the scene.

Wildlife photographer David Jenkins documented the seal's escape while he was on a shark cruise off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa in July. The seal was returning to Seal Island

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