Shark’s kiss is a reef encounter

THIS curious shark seems attracted to a diver as it glides in to plant a “kiss” on his face.

Filmmaker Stefano Ulivi, 42, was inches away from the blue shark and said he found the encounter “exhilarating”.

Stefano, from Florence, Italy, was guiding divers near reefs close to Pico Island in the

Blue shark plants a ‘kiss’ on diver Stefano Azores when the shark approached, using its sensitive nose to sniff him out. Gathering its nerve, it briefly made contact then swam away. Stefano said: “I was full of emotion. Things like this only happen...