A diver was stunned to come across an enormous shark with an impressive six pack.
One photo shows the curious great white shark, which weighs around 3,000lbs, investigating the diver's cage, sticking its nose between the bars to get a better look.
Another of the photos shows the agile shark on the lookout for its lunch, eyes fixed on the shoal of fish passing in front of it before it flaunts its ripped abs as it shoots towards the surface of the water.
The pictures were taken by photographer Rodney Bursiel, who captured the images on various trips to Guadalupe Island, Mexico using a Nikon D850 camera in an Ikelite housing.
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"Being in the water with great white sharks is quite the opposite of what people would think," said Rodney.
"It's actually quite calming to be face-to-face with such magnificent creatures.
"Most people's fear of sharks is unfounded. They are very misunderstood species and a very important base to have in our ecosystem."
But this extra muscly great white is not the only impressive shark in the world's waters.
Back in March, a huge great white was spotted off Florida's coast and it weighed an incredible 1,600lbs.
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The shark, which has been named Scott, had a tag attached to him in September 2021 and it shows how he's travelled 6,200km in 119 days.
A rare species of shark also recently washed up on the Cornwall coast and it could have been up to 500 years old when it died.
The post-mortem examination suggests the Greenland shark, which was female, was most likely live-stranded.
These species of shark is the longest living vertebrate and can live for up to 500 years, meaning this one may have been alive when Henry VIII was on the throne in the 16th century.
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The animal is just the second ever found in the UK and the first to have a full post-mortem examination.
It comes after a family were recently left heartbroken following a shark's fatal attack on British man in Australia.
Simon Nellist, 35, died after being attacked by a 15ft great white off the coast of Little Bay in Sydney in February of this year.
It was the first shark fatality for nearly 60 years in the area and onlookers watched from the beach in horror as the predator pounced from under the water.
Simon, an expat diving instructor who grew up in Cornwall, was a "wonderful human being" and "very talented photographer", his family said.
In an emotional statement, they said: "Simon was a gentle, kind and wonderful human being. He was a cherished fiancée, son, brother, uncle and friend.