Experts say great whites could live and hunt with blood-curdling stealth in British seas and might already be stalking our favourite holiday hotspots.
But if numbers recover over time it is possible we will see more visits to British seas.
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BRITS have been warned that man-eating great white sharks find our seas perfect to hunt in – just as thousands head to the beach this weekend. Richard explained that Mako sharks could easily start to populate British oceans if temperatures went up.
Richard Peirce is an expert on these animals and believes that Britain gets a number of what he calls “vagrant visitor” great white sharks. The sea temperatures in UK waters are suitable and there's a mass of food supplies for sharks to feed off. Great white sharks have occasionally been confirmed in the UK, and in 1977 a shark was captured near Land’s End. When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters.
Possibly only one or two.
Richard said: “The great mystery about great white sharks in British waters is not whether we have them but why we don’t, because our water temperatures are absolutely perfect for them. | Shark Week. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. On 24th August 1999, a group fishing aboard the vessel Blue Fox (skippered by Mike Turner and Phil Britts) off Cambeak Head near Crackington Haven in Cornwall were in the process of releasing a 9-14kg (20-30 lb) tope shark (Galeorhinus galeus) they had caught, when they were investigated by a large shark, estimated to be around 4.6m (15ft) long.The crew described how the shark passed the stern and rolled slightly on to its side, exposing its white belly, before swimming away. He said: “A change in a couple of degrees would be significant, but what’s more likely to be the case is that when prey species respond to changes temperatures then the sharks will follow the prey.”.
The legendary beasts with their massive size and fear-inducing aggression are very suited to the oceans around the UK, shark experts claim.
Despite what many people may think, it’s not temperatures which put off the great whites hunting in Britain, because they are “cold water sharks”. Britain’s oceans are “absolutely perfect” for these gargantuan creatures, it's been claimed – and they could arrive at any time. The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Many Brits are flocking to the beaches this weekend now the good weather has returned, safe in the knowledge that these super-predators would never come to kill in our seas. It’s more than likely mistaken identity mixed with exaggeration. Richard has investigated hundreds of shark sightings and estimates that about 10% of great white shark encounters in Britain he has looked into have been credible. The catch site of this shark is 168 nautical miles from Lands End. Now they have apparently been sighted off the Scottish coast.
He told Daily Star Online that “it’s very, very, weird” because places in Cornwall and in Scotland are excellent situations for great whites. You can unsubscribe at any time. But temperature changes could bring other dangerous sharks into British waters. And horrifyingly, some of our favourite seaside destinations make the ideal territory for great white sharks.
Shark expert Richard Peirce has investigated three alarming encounters.
Richard Peirce is convinced that we get the occasional vagrant visitor, and the nearest proven and recorded Great White shark to our waters was a female caught in 1977 off La Rochelle in the northern Bay of Biscay. Richard suspects that the most likely reason for the lack of these mammoth creatures in the UK is because of low numbers globally. 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