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Australian man surfs dead whale while sharks eat it

James Dator
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.

What would you do if you saw a giant floating whale carcass? Probably hold your nose and get as far away from it as possible, unless you’re 26-year-old Australian man Harrison Williams, whose immediate reaction was “Surf it.”

Deciding there weren’t enough things in Australia that could kill him, Williams swam to the dead whale and climbed aboard FAILING TO REALIZE IT WAS BEING EATEN BY GREAT WHITE SHARKS. Look, sharks get a bad rap for being man eaters, but if I had the choice between eating a warm, breathing human and stinking old whale I might grab a leg.

h/t FTW

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