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This is the terrifying moment a British diver finds himself under attack from a deadly shark.
Gary Virgo was exploring Fury Shoal, off Egypt's Red Sea Coast, when his dive partner noticed the predator overhead.
Soon after, the oceanic whitetip shark dropped down to his level, circling closer and closer, before closing in and ramming him.
Mr Virgo, from Peacehaven, East Sussex, said: 'He made a beeline for me and then he headbutted me basically.
'The force of it pushed me back in the water – my legs have gone up.
'It messed my breathing up a little bit, because I was stunned, I just couldn't believe it – that wasn't meant to happen.'
Gary Virgo was exploring Fury Shoal, off Egypt 's Red Sea Coast, when his dive partner noticed the predator overhead. The oceanic whitetip shark dropped down to his level, circling closer and closer, before closing in and ramming him
Gary Virgo with a catch from a trip. Mr Virgo, from Peacehaven, East Sussex, said: 'He made a beeline for me and then he headbutted me basically'
Oceanic whitetips have a reputation for aggression, and were described by oceanographer Jacques Cousteau as 'the most dangerous of all sharks'.
They've also been blamed for the notorious 1945 attacks on the crew of the USS Indianapolis, who were left adrift in the Pacific after their ship was sunk by the Japanese.
But Gary is an experienced diver, who knows how to
