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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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A "great white shark" is thought to have been spotted lurking off the coast of Britain - just yards from a popular tourist beach.
An experienced shark fisherman said the creature seen near the beach at Goring-by-Sea in West Sussex was "obviously a shark" and it could be a "small, immature great white" searching for food.
DO NOT TELL TOM!!!!!!
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Wouldn't surprise me. Remember watching a documentary a few years back when they were looking for evidence of Great Whites in UK waters. One thing they said was that given the seal population, water temperatures etc it was surprising they weren't here, though possibly Orcas scare them off. |
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"Wouldn't surprise me. Remember watching a documentary a few years back when they were looking for evidence of Great Whites in UK waters. One thing they said was that given the seal population, water temperatures etc it was surprising they weren't here, though possibly Orcas scare them off. "
Wha? Wait?
There are ORCAS near British waters? Fuck off
That’s my Sunday paddle gone for a burton then! |
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I have been studying this closely. There are some credible sightings although until one of these buggers has been landed then we will know for certain. My belief is that it is only a matter of time. I subscribe to a free you tube channel which investigates sightings in British waters.
Mark my words.. they are coming .. |
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"Wouldn't surprise me. Remember watching a documentary a few years back when they were looking for evidence of Great Whites in UK waters. One thing they said was that given the seal population, water temperatures etc it was surprising they weren't here, though possibly Orcas scare them off.
Wha? Wait?
There are ORCAS near British waters? Fuck off
That’s my Sunday paddle gone for a burton then! "
Orcas live in all of the worlds seas and oceans, they are the ultimate ocean going apex predator |
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Oh and great whites are not new to our shores, bearing in mind that we are the receiving end of the atlantic oceans biggest warm water current, which warms the UK to much higher temperatures than places on the same latitudes, ie Moscow. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"A "great white shark" is thought to have been spotted lurking off the coast of Britain - just yards from a popular tourist beach.
An experienced shark fisherman said the creature seen near the beach at Goring-by-Sea in West Sussex was "obviously a shark" and it could be a "small, immature great white" searching for food.
DO NOT TELL TOM!!!!!!
Winston"
Shite... I am very scared of sharks, even if they are miles away  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"So is that a baby shark then?
Do,do, do, do, do, do
Oh no that song is now in my head  "
that song is always in my head!!
all i know about sharks is from the addictive free doenload game - Hungry Shark.. maybe its just looking for gems |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Yep they are resident orcas in British waters, have look on YouTube. I have watched them a few times from across the road from Tesco's carpark in Lerwick |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"A "great white shark" is thought to have been spotted lurking off the coast of Britain - just yards from a popular tourist beach.
An experienced shark fisherman said the creature seen near the beach at Goring-by-Sea in West Sussex was "obviously a shark" and it could be a "small, immature great white" searching for food.
DO NOT TELL TOM!!!!!!
Winston"
Not unheard of, it is a thought that they breed in the Med, around Sicily, and have been caught up in fishing nets around there... |
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By *ickJMan
over a year ago
Hemel Hempstead |
It's a bit early in the year for the usual "is this a great white?" when it's obviously a asking shark.
The "fin" in this story is the end of a drainage outfall, which is well known to locals. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"It's a bit early in the year for the usual "is this a great white?" when it's obviously a asking shark.
The "fin" in this story is the end of a drainage outfall, which is well known to locals. "
I wonder what questions a shark has?
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"It's a bit early in the year for the usual "is this a great white?" when it's obviously a asking shark.
The "fin" in this story is the end of a drainage outfall, which is well known to locals.
I wonder what questions a shark has?
Winston"
How do I get this Basque off so I can be a normal shark ? |
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"I have been studying this closely. There are some credible sightings although until one of these buggers has been landed then we will know for certain. My belief is that it is only a matter of time. I subscribe to a free you tube channel which investigates sightings in British waters.
Mark my words.. they are coming .."
With global warming raising the water levels they could be all over chelmsford in a matter of years. Gliding up the streets in kiss-me-quick hats picked up in Southend...  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Yep they are resident orcas in British waters, have look on YouTube. I have watched them a few times from across the road from Tesco's carpark in Lerwick "
Don't tell me they're using our supermarkets too?!! |
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"Wouldn't surprise me. Remember watching a documentary a few years back when they were looking for evidence of Great Whites in UK waters. One thing they said was that given the seal population, water temperatures etc it was surprising they weren't here, though possibly Orcas scare them off.
Wha? Wait?
There are ORCAS near British waters? Fuck off
That’s my Sunday paddle gone for a burton then! "
Used to see quite a few of them in the North Sea when I was offshore. Good news is there are no reports of them ever attacking people in the wild. Quite a few have attacked trainers in seaquariums. See the documentary Blackfish. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I love sharks. Would love to swim with them. Beautiful creatures."
I'm the same. I find most sea creatures fascinating and graceful. To see great whites in the ocean is on my bucket list, but I think I'll stick to a cage. I have seen some snorkeling with whites, I think you really need to be able to read their behaviour to know when that's safe to do.
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By *xydadbodMan
over a year ago
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"I love sharks. Would love to swim with them. Beautiful creatures.
I'm the same. I find most sea creatures fascinating and graceful. To see great whites in the ocean is on my bucket list, but I think I'll stick to a cage. I have seen some snorkeling with whites, I think you really need to be able to read their behaviour to know when that's safe to do.
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It is possible to swim with great whites but again, lots of factors go with it before anyone takes on that. I would love to do so but think I would leave the swimming in open waters with great whites to the experts and I'll stick to being in a cage. Would still count towards my bucketlist too that would. One of my favourite animals they are |
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Diving off the south coast of Malta and there's a famous (infamous) landing of a GW shark in a fishermsns nets. It burnt the engine out and they had to be towed ask the way to Valetta harbour where there was a crane big enough to land it !
16 foot long the bugger was !
Apparently the Med is a birthing ground for them |
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By *avie65Man
over a year ago
In the west. |
"Wouldn't surprise me. Remember watching a documentary a few years back when they were looking for evidence of Great Whites in UK waters. One thing they said was that given the seal population, water temperatures etc it was surprising they weren't here, though possibly Orcas scare them off.
Wha? Wait?
There are ORCAS near British waters? Fuck off
That’s my Sunday paddle gone for a burton then! "
They have been spotted along the west coast a few times in recent years. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"It will be a Mako or a Porbeagle
Mako’s eat people don’t they? Are they the ones in ‘deep blue sea’? Ok it’s a film..but still "
One report of them killing a person. |
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