When this family spotted a dead shark on a beach while on holiday in south Africa they headed over to examine the corpse further.

Then something moved in the dead creature’s stomach.

Realising that the shark must be pregnant, the family, from America, jumped to the rescue to perform an emergency C-section.

In footage of the amateur operation in Cape Town, one man can be seen slicing into the shark’s abdomen with a knife as another witness says: ‘Err… I don’t think there’s a baby in there.’


Moments later, the first baby shark can be seen wriggling around inside, which the man grabs and throws into the ocean as another witness shouts: ‘congratulations’.



The group then pull out another two.

Sharks are born with a full set of teeth, so the good Samaritans were careful not to get bitten.

The video was captured by Beth Cordell and uploaded to YouTube last night.

She said: ‘Shark washed up on beach. It was dead but it’s tummy was jiggling. Bystander cut it open in order to save the babies.’