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Breaching great white shark filmed from Alcatraz ferry boat

This past weekend in San Francisco, visitors to Alcatraz island were treated to front row seats of a great white shark breach and seal attack. The shark rocketed out of the water with a seal in its mouth just feet from the Alcatraz ferry dock where visitors were loading up the boat to ride back to San Francisco.

Original footage shows the shark preying upon the seal while witnesses comment in the background. The latest footage released from the ferry boat security camera shows the breach in all its glory.

Great white sharks are known visitors to the waters of the San Francisco Bay, however predation like this is rarely observed this close to people.

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