A video has been released that shows the moment a man in South Africa pulled three live baby shark pups from their dead mother.

In the footage uploaded onto Youtube, we see the man pull out the three baby sharks and carry them back into back into the ocean.

The video begins after a family comes across the dead shark laying on a beach in Cape Town, South Africa.

As the family moves closer to the animal, the female filming the incident notices that there is still movement on the shark’s underside and that she believes the shark could be pregnant. Watch what happens next... (be warned if you're particularly squeamish)