Kayaker's rare encounter with huge shark!! Florida kayaker has close encounter with enormous shark!!

Basking sharks, which are harmless but can measure 40 feet, are rarely seen off the Florida coast.

resumably, the kayaker in the video was aware that the massive creature swimming toward him was a harmless basking shark, but the situation must have been unsettling nonetheless. The extremely rare encounter with the planet's second-largest shark -- only the whale shark is larger -- occurred off Panama City, Fla. Sightseers and fishermen also witnessed the spectacle. For the sake of perspective, the kayak is 14 feet long. Basking sharks, which can measure 40 feet, feed on plankton and are found in temperate and Arctic waters. Sightings off Florida are very unusual.

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[ilivestronger]

all zero teeth coming towards you

[WENDYEARP]

WHY did the stupid A*&^ stop filming it? I wanted to see more. Why in the hell would you film that, then stop when it was getting good?

[anaboheme]

apparently everybody is now a shark expert, i would've shitted my pants... my kayaker pants

[fstylezkrNNN]

i wanna pat the DOLPHIN!!

[floridafishingo]

Actually if you watch the real video he dives out of his kayak and swims with it for a little bit, the kids saying look down and coming towards you are just telling him where it is so he can swim with it.... of course all you know these basking sharks are harmless thats why he was trying to swim with it

[ImGonnaYouYourTube]

Basking sharks are actually fish. They're the second largest fish in the world and have no teeth. They don't eat meat so are harmless.

[astonmartinvee8]

look down, look down, what is he going to do, levitate out of the kayak?

[Funny4066]

I would have been scared 2 shit!

[k1llaxXx]

lucky that wasnt a tiger

[GoldenWolfPro]

Can you imagine how terrified that guy must of felt when those people were screaming "SHARK" "ITS COMING TOWARDS YOU!" "LOOK DOWN" I think I would of had a heart attack...even if it was a basking shark!

[fantome56100]

c'est un requin pélerin inofensif pour l'homme !!!

[veigvideos]

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