--- title: Shark Attack Video: Watch a Seal Escape from a Great White description: Great whites are almost never seen jumping out of the water canonical: https://time.com/4002876/shark-attack-seal/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-19T12:42:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T10:16:41.312Z article:section: Science og:title: Shark Attack Video: Watch a Seal Escape from a Great White og:description: Great whites are almost never seen jumping out of the water og:url: https://time.com/4002876/shark-attack-seal/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Shark Attack Video: Watch a Seal Escape from a Great White twitter:description: Great whites are almost never seen jumping out of the water twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch a Great White Shark Leap From the Sea in Pursuit of a Seal > Sponsored content. 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In a video released by the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy this week, a seal dramatically jumps out of the water off Cape Cod to escape attack by a great white shark. In the end, the seal escapes. “We had never seen a breach out of water before,” AWSC President Cynthia Wigren [told ABC News](http://abcnews.go.com/US/dramatic-video-captures-great-white-shark-leaping-water/story?id=33157566). “It was pretty incredible to see.” Sharks have captured increased attention this summer after a series of [highly-publicized](http://time.com/3921622/north-carolina-shark-attack-witness/) [attacks](http://time.com/3972991/shark-attack-mick-fanning/) on humans. _Read next:_ [_Watch This Fish Attack an Unsuspecting Man’s Nipple_](http://time.com/3995517/fish-attacks-mans-nipple-video/?iid=time%5Freadnext) [_Listen to the most important stories of the day_](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/autoplay/?xid=spl-fullbrief-article) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4002876/shark-attack-seal/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4002876/shark-attack-seal/"},"headline":"Watch a Great White Shark Leap From the Sea in Pursuit of a Seal","datePublished":"2015-08-19T12:42:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:16:41.312Z","description":"Great whites are almost never seen jumping out of the water","url":"https://time.com/4002876/shark-attack-seal/","keywords":["animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/animals/","name":"animals"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4002876/shark-attack-seal/","name":"Watch a Great White Shark Leap From the Sea in Pursuit of a Seal"}}]}] ```