Video: A day in the life of a crab net

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This underwater video, filmed off the coast of Western Australia, has gone viral.

Scott Murray uploaded the footage onto YouTube after placing a GoPro camera he received as a Christmas present inside a crab net alongside some bait, to film what actually goes on.

The food is feasted on by fish and crabs — and later in the video after Murray replaces the bait, a hungry stingray even tucks in…

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