Shark with 12-inch knife in its head removed by a diver

Ben Johnson was diving with a group of tourists in waters off Cayman Brac in the Cayman Islands last week, when he spotted the bizarre sight.

The three-foot long shark was swimming around the floor of the Caribbean Sea, near a hanging reef.

Obviously something wasn’t right and I moved in for a closer look,’ he told local news station Cayman 27.

‘At that point, the shark turned around and settled right below me as if asking for help.’

So Ben pulled the knife out of the shark’s head, leaving quite a nasty-looking wound.

He said he thought the unfortunate animal was a nurse shark – slow-moving bottom-dwellers that are normally harmless to humans and mostly eat shellfish and coral.

Shark fishing has been banned in the Cayman Islands since 2015 and anyone caught doing so could face a $500,000 fine or four years in prison.

Ben said he thought his customers were ‘shocked’ to see the shark.

Source: http://metro.co.uk/2017/03/08/shark-with-12-inch-knife-in-its-head-asked-diver-for-help-6496029/