Coming To A Beach Near You. Latest Jaw Buster

[retrocop]

I know they are in the Med but I wonder if this is a fisherman's story or true



https://metro.co.uk/2019/07/04/great-white-sharks-spotted-off-devon-coast-coming-10112097/?ico=pushly-notifcation-small&utm_source=pushly

[spathiphyllum]

Why would they lie?

[vulcan42]

Perhaps they are confusing great whites with Basking, which are seen around the UK.

[naomi24]

^I agree - but who knows?

[aelmpvw]

''we're gonna need a bigger boat''

[237SJ]

Ashley said: ‘Great White Sharks are there now, I’m sure of it. I’ve not seen one myself but I do speak to a lot of fisherman who say they have" Fisherman have been saying that for years but I expect repeating the rumour in the hope of a bit of shark spotting won`t do Ashley`s fishing trip business any harm at all.

[retrocop]

//Why would they lie?//

Use your imagination. I can see loads of signs along the quay inviting punters to come 'Jaws Spotting' on their fishing boats. :-)

You can bare boat charter boats on Loch Ness for family cruising 'with or without 'Nessie finding' echo sounders. lol

[spathiphyllum]

Maybe..
Basking sharks are definitely active around the coasts..

Great whites have much sharper fins (less rounded)

If it was a basking and the man said it was a great white i would call him out on it.

[vulcan42]

A lot of peoples imagination often takes over when they see "something" in the sea. If it's not big enough to be a whale " it must be a great white"

[237SJ]

^ I`m pretty sure most trawlermen can tell the difference between a great white and a basking shark - these people spend their lives at sea.

[youngmafbog]

Ah, spath the shark expert:-) Just how many have you seen in the oceans then out of curiosity?

"I`m pretty sure most trawlermen can tell the difference between a great white and a basking shark - these people spend their lives at sea."

Eh? Just because you go to sea a lot certainly does not mean you will have seen every creature living in it. I doubt many have actually seen one - ever.

[237SJ]

^ basking sharks are not uncommon (ask any Cornish surfer) I`m pretty sure most fishermen would know one if they saw one.

[spathiphyllum]

" Just how many have you seen in the oceans then out of curiosity? "

3. Two basking.

[spathiphyllum]

"I doubt many have actually seen one - ever."

Basking sharks are very common down in the devon waters.

[retrocop]

Sharks abound in Malaga during the summer season. They are all trying to sell time share.

[jourdain2]

I've seen basking sharks off the Scottish coast (Arran) It's possible, I suppose, that Great Whites could move north - like the horrible African hornets, they had reached the Vienne in 2014 and I heard that some had been found in the S. of England.