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Ethan Blackshaw & Nicola Croal

Diver who almost jumped into enormous jaws of tiger shark insists it was her fault

Shocking video footage has documented the exact moment an experienced diver almost jumped directly into the enormous jaws of a 16ft tiger shark that she claims to have 'known for over 20 years'. Ocean Ramsey, a marine conservationist, has been swimming with the sharks in Hawaii for over two decades but came within a few inches of her death last week for the first time.

The giant beast that charged at her, known as Queen Nikki, had been hiding beneath the ocean surface until Ramsey was about to jump into the water. The astonishing viral footage of the near attack shows the diver lowering herself into the water before she puts her head under the water, the Daily Star reports.

She quickly back tracks, poking her fins out to meet Queen Nikki's razor-sharp teeth as they lunge towards her. Ramsey told NBC'S TODAY : "I love that tiger shark.

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