Watch a shark terrifyingly invade Shaq's cage

Shaquille O'Neal faced his fear of sharks head on during Discovery's Shark Week … literally.

The Hall of Famer paired with Rob Riggle and, after training underwater, he did the real thing in a "Shaq Cage" (ha ha ha ha). But when Riggle uses a chum cannon - which apparently exists? - a bunch of the predators surround the cage … and a skinny shark finds its way into O'Neal's cage:

If you watch the rest of the episode, he ends up being fine - he gets pulled out of the water immediately and the divers around him get the intruder to leave.

So no Shaqs were harmed in the filming of that segment.

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