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Baby Great White shark in Monterey Bay grins for his close-up

Talk about your close encounters. 

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Mike Fenn

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 Patrick Anders Webster got quite a surprise—and some amazing footage—when he recently found a juvenile Great White shark swimming in a warf off of Monterey Bay.

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Webster submerged his camera into the blue waters in Monterey Bay to suddenly find a rather photogenic shark. As he surfaces the camera to catch the shark’s fin slicing through the water, you can see tourists gathered on a nearby dock watching the scene unfold.

The sighting even caught the attention of the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

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Unusual sighting in #Monterey Bay–a young great white #shark! Watch: https://t.co/erb9XThXu0 @underwaterpat pic.twitter.com/REEWrWFVOK

— Monterey Aquarium (@MontereyAq) October 7, 2014

It looks like Webster got lucky and shared his encounter with a rather lethargic shark, unlike Terry Tufferson, who scrambled to get away from a full-sized Great White back in June. Then again, you’d be hard-pressed to find any creature—human or shark—angry or irritable in Monterey Bay.

Screengrab via Patrick Anders Webster/Vimeo

 
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