Nurse Shark Swallows Tourist’s Camera on Maldives Dive, Producing Rare Inside-Mouth Footage

Overview

• The incident occurred on October 17 during a guided outing in the Maldives involving a Chinese tourist identified as Mr. Zhang.
• A nurse shark took the camera as Zhang prepared to enter the water with a selfie stick, then expelled the device moments later.
• The captain and an instructor located the equipment on the seabed and recovered it intact, according to Eye News cited by O Globo.
• The retrieved video shows close-up views of the shark’s mouth before the camera sinks and is later found by the crew.
• Social media circulation of the footage has intensified questions about guides reportedly feeding sharks from boats and the risks of close interactions.