A photographer recently captured this amazing footage off the coast of Australia. The sea turtle isn’t as fast as the shark, who can lunge in quickly. But he has a hard carapace and, more importantly, knows how to use it to maximum effect.
When a shark moves in for the kill, the turtle rolls to place his carapace to where the shark will be when he arrives. At one point, he’s even able to position himself to bite back. It’s a cunning display of martial arts prowess that would impress fans of The Matrix.
-via Born in Space