Scary photos show the bone-chilling view you’ll get if you’re unlucky enough to be eaten by a shark.
Photographer Euan Rannachan took the photos about 130 miles off the coast of Baja California and says he wasn’t intimidated by the sea creatures.
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“I never felt fear in the cage,” he said.
“Once you’re in the water with these animals, it’s easy to show how peaceful it is, and not at all scary.”
Rannachan takes pictures of a shark cage, allowing him to get up close and personal with the animals.
The 1975 movie Jaws made great white sharks the fear of most people who dared to venture out into the water and Rannachan’s photos make those fears a reality.
A spooky photo shows a shark’s open mouth, sharp teeth on display, as it prepares to devour a much smaller fish.
Predators can grow up to 20 feet and weigh up to 6,600 pounds.
For Rannachan, they are the perfect models for his unconventional photos.
“A male great white shark was interested in the bait and made a few attempts to get it,” he said of his method for luring the sharks into a photo.
“When those failed, it was a top predator on the line right in front of me.”
Rannachan says the creatures are curious and not as aggressive towards humans as the movies make them out to be.
Sharks only bite about 5 to 10 humans a year and usually take a “sample bite” out of curiosity before swimming.
Sharks use their noses to detect prey in the water, sensing electrical signals to “hear” the heartbeats of others around them.
Their sense of smell is so strong that they can smell a seal colony three kilometers away.
“White sharks have little jelly-filled sacs, predominantly in their noses, called Lorenzini’s Ampullae,” Rannachan said.
“They use these little jelly-filled holes to sense electrical impulses in the water, like an animal in danger.
“They can also use these sensors to feel your heartbeat in the cage,” he said.
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