This is the terrifying moment a woman was bitten by shark while diving off a paradise island.
Travel influencer Lilian Tagliari was swimming among a group of 50 nurse sharks in the Maldives early last month when one suddenly took a bite out of her right leg.
Crazy footage – viewed more than 18 million times – shows Lilian screaming in pain underwater.
Blood can be seen coming from her leg with teeth marks clearly visible on her calf and shin.
Lilian said she thought she was bitten because one of the sharks mistook her for a fish due to their ‘bad eyesight’.
She said: ‘I would say [there was] probably around 50 sharks, and I’ve been swimming in this same spot for many years.
‘The boats do throw fish where they are, and because nurse sharks have very bad eye sight, that one just thought my leg was a piece of fish.
‘I did have to take antibiotics in case of any bacterial infection. I got a sore leg for a few days.
Travel influencer Lilian Tagliari was swimming among a…
