Watch out, Watch Out, Jaws is About! (Great White spotted of Cornwall)

Demonique

LONDON (AFP) - You might want to stick to the swimming pool: a tourist has filmed what experts said could well be a Great White shark 200 yards (182 metres) from a beach off England's south-west coast.

In a front page story Saturday headlined "Great White Shark Off UK", holidaymaker Nick Fletcher told The Sun tabloid how he saw "the 12 foot maneater" while he was videoing dolphins near the town of St Ives in Cornwall.

After seeing the footage of it following the dolphins and crashing out of the water, Richard Peirce, chairman of the Shark Trust, said: "It clearly has a white belly like a Great White.

"And something about the way it breaches -- twisting as it leaps out of the water -- also suggests it is. I'm very excited at the prospect."

Oliver Crimmen, fish curator at London's Natural History Museum, added: "It's definitely predatory and definitely big. I can't rule out a Great White."

Although harmless giant Basking Sharks have been spotted off Britain's coast, Great White sharks -- which can reach up to 20 feet long and weigh 5,000 pounds (2,250 kilogrammes) -- are not native to the country's cool waters.

But marine experts have said the world's largest predatory fish could be seen more often off Britain because of global warming and a rise in sea temperatures

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20070728/tuk-britain-animal-shark-offbeat-a7ad41d.html

Terry

I think we're gonna need a bigger boat.

biko

Unless it's of the coast of Galway I'm not bovvered.

Pherekydes

Demonique wrote:

...Nick Fletcher told The Sun tabloid how he saw "the 12 foot maneater" while he was videoing dolphins near the town of St Ives in Cornwall.

How do they know it was a maneater? Did they see it eating one?

I'm guessing the reason is emboldened above. :rolleyes:

Alanthroneus

yeah ... i read in the mirror that the shark was involved in a love affair with billie piper and followed her home. Now he waits for her, patrolling the seas.

Huggles

Funnily enough Jaws is on UTV this evening

Black Swan

Only 12 foot? Ahhhhhhh, it's just a baby.

Terry

TheGooner wrote:

Funnily enough Jaws is on UTV this evening

Ahh. So it's just clever marketing then.

Pythia

I thought the title said 'Jews'. Lol.

funky penguin

Now thats a funny image.

Laslo

Demonique wrote:

"I can't rule out a Great White."

Let's not get too excited. I snogged some girl in a pub last night. I don't remember her name but I can't rule out that it was Jessica Biel.

me and the biz

Pythia wrote:

I thought the title said 'Jews'. Lol.

so did I

Mushy

me and the biz wrote:

so did I

So that makes three of us then. The Great White bit then confuses me.

Tar.Aldarion

Great white Jew? Fake Jesus?

seamus

The chances of dying from a shark attack are about the same as winning the lotto. So go on out there and give him a hug, you'll be grand.

Degsy

Back in the 70's teh main centres of Great White research were based in Australia,South Africa and California.Then it emerged that the Mediteranean has a healthy stock of them and tagged specimens from Australia were showing up off the coast of newfoundland.Its probable that they've been visiting English (and Irish) waters for years but they're very rarely seen.Its worth pointing out that there are numerous sharks that resemble Great Whites,particularly Porbeagles and Makos and one could easily be mistaken for another.The give-away is the size..17 to 20 foot long is not uncommon!

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Demonique wrote:

Oliver Crimmen, fish curator at London's Natural History Museum, added: "It's definitely predatory and definitely big. I can't rule out a Great White."

Its a large predatory fish or some sort. Heading in the direction of that country that used to rule america. hatless, i repeat its hatless

Reku

Oh well, guess the women will have to be careful about when they go for a swim, and I don't just mean waiting an hour after eating.:p