The baby bamboo shark pushed out of its egg as it was being transferred with other bamboo shark eggs between tanks at Cheshire's Blue Planet Aquarium.
Measuring just 10cm, the tiny shark found itself in the cupped hands of an aquarium diver, who transferred it to a quarantine area where it could be tended.
The eggs were being moved from the main Caribbean reef tank so that, when they hatched, the young would not be devoured by larger inhabitants.
Bamboo sharks spend the first weeks of their lives feeding off the remains of their eggs before moving on to solid food.
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