incredible moment man rescues shark pups from dead mother Man helps dead shark give birth to 3 babies. Beth Cordell Shark washed up on beach. It was dead but it's tummy was jiggling. Bystander cut it open in order to save the babies. Jaws of life: Extraordinary footage emerges of beachgoer slicing open a pregnant dead shark to save her pups and lead them to the ocean Beachgoer slices open pregnant dead shark to rescue her unborn pups Family found the deceased mother shark washed up on Cape Town beach After seeing movement inside, the man cuts the creature open to free pups Carefully avoiding their teeth, video shows him saving three baby sharks Witnesses shout 'congratulations' as the pups are carried to the ocean This extraordinary video shows the moment a beachgoer sliced open a pregnant dead shark to save her pups and lead them to the ocean. An American family found the deceased mother shark on a beach in Cape Town, South Africa, but noticed that something inside the creature was still moving.