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A shark sank its teeth into the leg of a 20-year-old man as he snorkelled, turning the shallow water around him red as blood spilled from his gaping wound.

Matteo Mariotti was then quickly dragged into deeper waters. He had decided to go for a swim after hearing about his grandfather's death. His GoPro captured the horrifying moments as the shark attacked him. Matteo said: "I started this video a few moments after the last bite, I wanted to say goodbye.

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"I never thought I would survive that monster. I lost a lot of blood and my leg."

The brutal attack happened at 1770 Beach, north of Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia on Friday (December 8). Matteo remembered: "It was 4:30 pm on Friday, and I had just learned that my grandfather Giovanni had died.

"I needed to relax, and I thought of taking a swim not far from the shore. I took a small camera to capture the fish, but after a few steps, I felt a terrible pain in my foot."

Matteo moved to Australia from Parma, Italy, in September. He planned to stay there to find work and study marine biology.

His father Michele told Italian media: "Matteo was strong, calm, and courageous: with his hands, he opened the shark's mouth to free his leg."

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The video shows the water turning red with Matteo's blood as he swam to shore as fast as he could. Nurse and diving instructor Tommaso Agosti was on the beach and squeezed his mate's wounded leg to stop the bleeding.

After his call for help, a helicopter quickly arrived and whisked Matteo off to a hospital in Brisbane. There, doctors had to amputate his left leg below the knee.

Michele said: "He didn't see the shark coming, perhaps a tiger shark or a great white shark, common in that area, which attacked him from behind three times."

He added: "But he is alive, and that is what matters."

The 1770 Beach, near a river mouth, is known for its dangerous waters. Especially after rain, sharks come to feed on fish brought in by the water flow.

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• Great White Shark
• Sharks
• Shark Attacks

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