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Rick Bettua, 59, was spearfishing on Britomart Reef off the island of Hinchinbrook in the far north of Queensland, Australia, when he was attacked by a four-metre shark. Mr Bettua was attacked by the shark underwater and bitten on his upper thigh in October.
A spearfisherman who saved a father from a shark attack has opened up on his own shark encounter after being savagely mauled on the Great Barrier Reef.
Rick Bettua was spearfishing on Britomart Reef off Hinchinbrook Island in Far North Queensland when he was attacked by a four-metre bull shark in October.
The 59-year-old was ambushed by the aggressive shark underwater and bitten on the upper thigh after trying to fend off the predator using his speargun.
Mr Bettua was left with catastrophic wounds and was unable to see his flippers through his blood as he swam to the surface.