A photographer in South Africa has captured the stunning moment when a seal managed to escape from the jaws of a great white shark.
Photographer Chris Fallows, 38, photographed the nail biting chase between the 3.3 metre shark and the young fur seal, UK newspaper the Telegraph reported.
The shark at first managed to get the metre-long seal in its mouth but failed to effectively bite the mammal, allowing it to jump out.
"The shark caught the seal but did not get a firm purchase and the seal literally was exhaled out of the shark's mouth as it attempted to bite down," Mr Fallows said.
"Incredibly the young seal is using the teeth of the great white shark as a final point of leverage to push itself out of the shark's mouth."
The seal suffered wound on its hind quarter which is not believed to be fatal.
It escaped back to land after the shark tired of the attack.
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