09-01-2018 18:20 via baltimore.cbslocal.com

WATCH: Whale ‘Saves’ Diver From 15-Foot Long Tiger Shark

BALTIMORE (WJZ) —A marine biologist in the South Pacific is thanking a massive humpback whale for shielding her from an oncoming shark. Amazingly, the diver was able to capture some of the underwater rescue on film.
Nan Hauser and her team were snorkeling near the Cook Islands in October when she filmed the 50,000-pound whale using its head to push the 63-year-old out of the path of the tiger shark.
“I wasn’t sure what the whale was up to when he approached me, and it didn&rsqu
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