By Joe Cermele

Luckily for Australian photographer Sam Cahir, this was not actually the last shot he ever snapped. Though if you ever wondered what you'd see in the last nanosecond of your life before a mako shark turned your face into Jello, this is it. Cahir was on a recent great white tagging trip in the Indian Ocean when this mako popped up on the tuna baits, and the relatively small female put on quite a show for Cahir's camera...which she tried to eat a few times.

You can see more of these killer photos and read the entire account on the website of the U.K.'s Daily Mail. Most interesting to me is a photo of this mako next to a huge white. I've never seen the two in a photo together, and Cahir says, the Mako literally browbeat away a Great White and not just any Great White Shark but a very large dominant male maybe six times her mass and twice her size - it was amazing.

If that's not proof of the tenacity of a mako, I don't know what is. Make sure you check out the full story.

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from Koldkut wrote 33 weeks 4 days ago

What are the wiry looking deals in the roof of it's mouth? Hard to see them in the other pics in the story.

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from Joe_Cermele wrote 33 weeks 4 days ago

Parasites, Koldcut. You see them a lot in the mouth and attached to the fins.

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from 357 wrote 33 weeks 4 days ago

Thanks for answering Joe i was wondering the same thing.

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from RockySquirrel wrote 33 weeks 4 days ago

Don’t care that is 1 great series of shots.

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from Alex Grimaudo wrote 33 weeks 4 days ago

Imagine the fisherman's thumb...

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from Gary Devine wrote 33 weeks 3 days ago

Fantastic Photos!. The Mako Shark up close with all those rows of teeth, scares me more then a great white.

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from Pathfinder1 wrote 33 weeks 3 days ago

Hi...

That's got to be the most awesome, ferocious set of jaws I've ever seen.

GREAT photography...!!

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from Ron Poehailos wrote 33 weeks 3 days ago

A moment of a lifetime -- caught in pixels. Simply amazing! Thanks for sharing.

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from Pathfinder1 wrote 33 weeks 3 days ago

Hi...

That's got to be the most awesome, ferocious set of jaws I've ever seen.

GREAT photography...!!

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from Ron Poehailos wrote 33 weeks 3 days ago

A moment of a lifetime -- caught in pixels. Simply amazing! Thanks for sharing.

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from Koldkut wrote 33 weeks 4 days ago

What are the wiry looking deals in the roof of it's mouth? Hard to see them in the other pics in the story.

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from Joe_Cermele wrote 33 weeks 4 days ago

Parasites, Koldcut. You see them a lot in the mouth and attached to the fins.

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from 357 wrote 33 weeks 4 days ago

Thanks for answering Joe i was wondering the same thing.

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from RockySquirrel wrote 33 weeks 4 days ago

Don’t care that is 1 great series of shots.

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from Alex Grimaudo wrote 33 weeks 4 days ago

Imagine the fisherman's thumb...

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from Gary Devine wrote 33 weeks 3 days ago

Fantastic Photos!. The Mako Shark up close with all those rows of teeth, scares me more then a great white.

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