A group of spinner sharks put on a spectacular acrobatic show for fishermen off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. | Fox News

Spinner Sharks: The Acrobats of the Ocean Not all sharks lurk in the shadows… some spin, leap, and launch themselves out of the water while hunting! Meet the spinner shark (Carcharhinus brevipinna)—a sleek, fast-moving predator that uses aerial acrobatics to snatch prey. Size: Up to 3m (9.8ft) long Hunting Style: Spins vertically through fish schools, launching itself into the air Speed: Fast, agile, and constantly on the move Diet: Small fish, squid, and crustaceans Where to See Them in the Mal

Check out these flipping awesome spinner sharks! | storyful

When Darren Kaye set out to surf in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, last week, the last thing he expected was to get knocked off his board by a shark that jumped out of the water. “Came out of nowhere and hit me like a truck,” Kaye said in a post of the video. “His nose slammed me right in the face, his pectoral fin bruised my left bicep.” He was hit by a spinner shark — a species that gets its name for the way it takes spinning leaps out of the ocean while hunting prey. They can grow to be 8 feet lo