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At the far end of visibility along the reef wall, an unmistakable triangular silhouette with a bright white underbelly appeared – a tiger shark rising confidently towards me. This is one of their known favourite hunting techniques. The four-metre shark kept coming, until eventually it was within arm’s reach, and bumped against the dome port of my camera.