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HEARTSTOPPING footage shows the moment two giant whales move in to protect a diver from a bloodthirsty shark. Benoît Girodeau was diving off the coast of Mauritius when he was approached by an oceanic whitetip shark - a species known for its aggression. VIDEO AT LINK..................... The whales fiercely defended the terrified diver from the sharkCredit: Caters The two sperm whales got in between Benoit Girodeau and the sharkCredit: Caters The reggae-dancehall artist known as Natty Gong shared underwater footage of the shocking moment he was circled by two 45-tonne sperm whales who chased off the "curious" shark. He shared...

But Egyptian officials in the Sinai peninsula yesterday disclosed that a shortfin mako shark captured last week had been forensically identified as the culprit behind last Wednesday's attack on two swimmers from Russia and Ukraine. "The bite on one of the victims has been matched with the teeth of the Mako," said Ahmed el-Edkawy, the deputy secretary general of South Sinai governorate. That one of the culprits responsible for the mysterious terror visited on Sharm el-Sheikh's beaches may have seemed like good news. But with witnesses saying that the latest attack, was carried out by a whitetip, scientists are being...

Tourism minister insists diving will continue because 'sharks will not attack divers'. Foreign Office warns Britons to avoid cheap dive tour operators . Egyptian officials have insisted it is safe for tourists to go back into the water despite a 70-year-old German woman being killed in Sharm el-Sheikh after another shark attack. The latest attack has echoes of the 1975 Steven Spielberg film Jaws, where hunters capture a shark they claim is behind a fatal attack only for the fish to strike again when officials said it was safe to go back into the water. Briton Ellen Barnes, 31, from...