On her TikTok page, Clark narrated the chain of events that led to the rescue mission on March 26. “Last night at sunset, we were surrounded by some really amazing sharks, but what we were about to see, we were not quite prepared for,” she recounted. When they spotted a buoy acting unusually on the surface of the water, the friends felt the need to investigate. “To our shock, I saw an upside-down shark entangled in a fishing line. I quickly grabbed the line to pull him up and check him out,” Clark explained. While her friends assisted her, Clark used her bare hands to hold the motionless shark down and disentangle the line that had wrapped around it from its fins to the dorsal and the inside of its mouth.
As the rope was unraveled, it was only a matter of time until the shark returned to its senses and struggled to free itself from the rope. In a brave attempt, Clark refused to let go and wrestled with the shark until it was set free of the rope. The women let out a scream of victory and watched the shark swim away into the distance.
In an interview, Clark shared what encouraged her to rescue the shark. “It was just instinct. I didn’t even think twice,” said the 43-year-old woman. She claimed the mere view of an “animal in distress” urged her natural instincts to help the poor creature, per the Good News Network. Moreover, when the shark came out of the tonic state– a trance-like state that makes the animal immobile- Clark was “relieved.” She added, “We were all smiles watching it swim away. It was such a relief.”
The viral post of saving the shark shared on Clark’s TikTok was viewed 184,000 times and liked by 19,600 people. She was not sure about the type of shark she saved, but was happy that the marine animal got another chance at life. “If those are mangroves behind you, it’s most likely a blacktip shark! You untangling him helped oxygenate him back to life. Thank you for saving him,” penned @mahaileejp and @steffanypoe marked, “I love the kind of human you are. Everyone and everything deserves a fighting chance.”
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