SHOCKING drone footage captured the moment a man was headbutted by a raging bull shark after it threw itself at his jet ski.
The three-metre bull shark launched itself at Rick Manning off the coast of Queensland, Australia, on Saturday piercing the outer layer of the water vehicle.
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The bull shark headbutted the jet ski on Saturday tearing through the outer layer of the vehicle Credit: 7NEWS 4
Footage shows a shark attacking the side of a boat
Manning first spotted baitfish 20 metres off the coast of North Stradbroke Island which gave him the idea to send up a drone.
Instead, the drone captured five bull sharks swimming in the crystal clear waters.
Manning then hopped on his jet-ski and travelled off the coast to get a closer look at the sharks.
After completing a number of circles in the water around one of the sharks, the beast turned on Manning and attacked.
“He just turned and I thought oh here we go,” Manning told Australia's 7NEWS.
“Those videos where you see a shark feeding and the teeth come out of the gums - that was the exact thing I saw.
“That was the moment I knew I had stuffed up.”
Drone footage, filmed by Manning, shows the moment the shark threw itself at the jet-ski.
“Hit with a lot of force,” Manning said. “Knocked me around a little I almost came off.
“I was a bit worried there for a second.”
Thankfully, Manning escaped from the incident uninjured.
While the incident was frightening, Manning said it wouldn't stop him from getting back on his jet ski.
“Probably won’t get that close keep a bit more distance between us,” he said.
The number of shark attacks has exploded across the globe - with nearly 800 people mauled in nine years.
America has overtaken Australia for the number of attacks with Cape Cod, Massachusetts, now considered the shark capital of the world.
This year has seen 59 shark attacks - six being fatal - across the globe, as the underwater predators continue to get closer to humans.
The US recorded the largest number of shark bites, reporting 33 incidents, while Australia recorded 18.
A whopping 791 shark attacks have been reported between 2010 and 2019, according to data published by the International Shark Attack File, with an annual global average of 80 bites.
Nine people were killed in some 60 shark attacks worldwide throughout 2020 - the highest figure since 2013.
Scientists have suggested shifting hunting grounds, the weather, an increase in staycations, overfishing and even "chance" may have played a role in the spike.
Eight men and one woman, aged between 17 and 63, have been killed by sharks in 2020.
Out of those nine, seven have died in Australia alone - the country's highest number in 86 years.
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The two fatalities outside of Australia occurred in the US, in California and Maine.
Dozens of attacks and bites happen across the world however by various species, with website Tracking Sharks reporting there have been 60 so far in 2020.
The total figure of attacks seems to be on-trend, with the International Shark Attack File (ISAF) reporting 64 attacks in 2019.
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Rick Manning drove in circles around the bull shark before it attacked him Credit: 7NEWS
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