THIS is the horrifying second a “monster” shark chomps via a person’s leg – turning the water red with blood.
Matteo Mariotti, 20, was snorkelling in shallow water when he was bruatally attacked.
He described feeling a “horrible ache” as the vicious beast sunk its enamel into his leg and started to drag him to deeper waters.
His GoPro footage reveals the moments of terror Matteo went via as the shark mutilated him.
He mentioned: “I began this video a number of moments after the final chunk, I needed to say goodbye.
“I never thought I would survive that monster. I lost a lot of blood and my leg.”
The teen had gone for a dip to clear his head after discovering out his grandfather had died.
The terrifying attack happened off 1770 Beach, north of Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia on December 8.
Matteo recalled: “It was 4:30 pm on Friday, and I had simply discovered that my grandfather Giovanni had died.
“I wanted to chill out, and I considered taking a swim not removed from the shore.
“I took a small camera to capture the fish, but after a few steps, I felt a terrible pain in my foot.”
Matteo had moved to Australia from Parma, Italy, in September.
He deliberate to keep down below to discover work and research marine biology.
His dad Michele, later informed Italian media: “Matteo was strong, calm, and courageous: with his hands, he opened the shark’s mouth to free his leg.”
Matteo’s video reveals how the water was red with blood as he desperately swam to shore.
Nurse and diving teacher Tommaso Agosti was on the seashore and squeezed his pal’s wounded leg to cease the bleeding.
Shortly after he known as for assist, a helicopter arrived on the scene and flew Matteo to a hospital in Brisbane.
He was taken to the working room, the place his left leg was amputated under the knee.
He awaits additional operations.
Michele mentioned: “He didn’t see the shark coming, maybe a tiger shark or an excellent white shark, widespread in that space, which attacked him from behind thrice.
“In a few seconds, it had already dragged him into deep water to devour him as they do with prey.”
He added: “But he is alive, and that is what matters.”
The 1770 Beach is close to the mouth of a river.
Its waters are extraordinarily harmful as a result of within the late afternoon, particularly after rain, sharks flip up to feed on the fish introduced by the water move.
This is not the one shark attack to occur recently.
Earlier this month a mum was killed after a shark tore off her leg while she lifted her baby to security on a Mexican seashore.
Maria Fernandez Martinez Jimenez, 26, was simply 65ft from the shore when she was savaged by the beast at Melaque Beach within the state of Jalisco.