That's brave: Dramatic pictures of a seal's narrow escape from the jaws of a shark
HOW'S this for dicing with death?
This plucky seal appears to show no fear as he bravely balances on the nose of a shark.
These amazing photographs capture the marine mammal fighting for his life against the jaws of the great white.
Astonishingly he manages to overturn nature's odds and emerges the victor in this battle off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa.
Photographer David 'Baz' Jenkins was on board a great white shark tour boat when he captured this sequence.
He said: "The seals were making their way back to 'Seal Island' after feeding out at sea and the sharks travel below them.
"The sharks are really well camouflaged due to their dark backs and when the seal looks down it is hard to make out the shark in the dark below.
"When the shark picks its time to attack, it can accelerate at around 25mph upwards which can send both the shark and the seal flying up out of the water.
"I have seen a shark lose a tooth on a decoy breach before but never when attacking and killing a real seal.
"The breaching sharks are amazing, the speed and agility just takes your breath away as they can explode from below without warning.
"This seal was one lucky pup."