Manni Alam, an 8-year-old spearfisher from Australia, has gained viral attention on TikTok after he nonchalantly responded when a small shark appeared to have bitten him.
Manni Alam, 8, holds onto the side of a boat in Australia, as seen in a TikTok video gone-viral.Fox News Digital reached out to Alam for comment.and gut fish in follow-up videos that were shared to the huntmaster.io account."Lil bro didn't even flinch," one TikTok user wrote."Kids gonna live off that story for the rest of his life," one commenter wrote.
"yea you can tell the shark is being thrown towards the kid, not biting or going after the fish," another TikTok user replied. "There’s no way a diver would’ve been able to launch the shark out of the water that fast," a commenter argued. This week, Alam, Manni and their friend Moe Alsayed appeared on Today Show Australia, where Alam insisted that the video is real. Alam also said that sharks are"a common occurrence" while diving.
Shark attacks, or shark bites on humans, are categorized into"provoked bites" – when a human initiates interaction – and"unprovoked bites" – when a human doesn’t initiate interaction – according to an online Shark Attack FAQ published by the University of Florida’s Florida Museum.
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