This is the tender moment a Lemon shark nudged a diver in a gentle plea to get it to remove a hook that was stuck in its flesh.

Diver Josh Eccles was in the water in Jupiter, Florida, with photographer friend Chris Maddeford when the shiver of sharks approached them.

One approached him several times, gently bumping its nose in to his wet suit.

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The shark bumped in to diver Josh Eccles several times before he lifted it by the nose to reveal its underbelly

Curious as to why it might want his attention, Eccles lifted up its nose to reveal the underside of its belly.

He spotted the end of a dark, metal hook poking out of its skin and pulled it out with his hands.

The shark swam past him one more time before swimming off with the rest of the school.

Eccles said it was not unusual for the sharks to approach him but that this one was particularly persistent.

It swam back to him again and he was able to pull out the hook that was lodged in its skin

Diver Josh Eccles kept the large rusted hook afterwards. He said he was glad to have had such a close encounter with the creature

'Every time it swam by me, it would bump into me a little more. They always bump into us but they don't bump into us that frequently,' he told WFLA.

He said he was grateful to have had such a one-on-one encounter with the creature.

'That was a crazy opportunity, experience to be a part of.'

Lemon sharks are considered non-aggressive towards humans. They are known to bite or attack only if they feel in immediate danger or under threat.