Sea-Section: Incredible Shark Birth Caught on Camera

Restaurant owners Beth Cordell, 44, and Lindsey Cordell, 44, were walking along the coast of Georgia, USA when they spotted a shark that washed up on shore.

Lindsey said: “We noticed the shark had a hook stuck in it - we wanted to remove it because we didn’t want anyone passing by to get hurt on it.

“We were the first ones to see it - but a crowd formed around it very quickly."

With the help of other beach goers, they started removing the hook, but noticed movement inside the 6ft shark’s stomach.

Lindsey, from Rome, Georgia, said: “The shark started moving like crazy - we quickly realised that it was pregnant and its pups were still alive.”

One man in the crowd volunteered to cut the shark open with a knife and attempt to rescue the pups.

Their son, Lindsey, 13, started recording as the man began performed the incredible emergency c-section.

After several attempts to locate the babies, the man successfully exposed the wriggling newborns inside the mother.

Carefully avoiding the young sharks’ teeth, they successfully rescued and released three pups.

Lindsey said: “I’ve never experienced anything like this before - it was definitely a crazy experience.

“Last year while walking with my family on the shore we witnessed baby sea turtles hatching - this shark birth definitely beats that.”