Posted on 03/24/2023 2:42:34 PM PDT by nickcarraway
It popped in for a visit during high tide
A tourist spotted a "huge" shark swimming around a harbour during high tide. Olga Bates, 46, was visiting St Ives in Cornwall with family when they saw the large sea beast near boats.
The group spotted the shark at 6.26am on Wednesday (March 23) during high tide. Experts say it was a basking shark - the second largest type behind the whale shark - that can grow up to 45ft.
Olga from Knighton, on the Wales-England border, said minutes before they saw a group of seals ''hiding'' from the shark.
She said: "We had been very lucky. We woke up so early to watch the sunrise and spotted seals hiding under the bridge and then we saw what they were hiding from - the shark.
"It was amazing to see and it was so close to the beach. I was an amazing surprise for us, we have never seen one that close before. We were enjoying the views and the sunshine, we were overwhelmed."
Olga added: "It circled around the harbour a couple of times, we estimate it was around 10ft, it was longer than some of the boats. We were down there for around an hour-and-a-half until the water started to do down.
"As soon as the water started to go down we knew it would be gone already. 'It was amazing to see it so close, I was so lucky and my grandson was very excited."
Sharks in the ocean
Clouds in the sky
Grass on the lawn
Olga seems to love the adjective :AMAZING!
If there was a Basking Shark in the water for each time she used that word in a short sentence, there would have been
three of those ‘huge’ sharks circling round and round their terrified guest.
Poor Alex. It got it a lot worse then the movie showed. They had to edit it because those who was the early release were freaked out so bad.
Saw the early release.
Poor ole snuffy got snuffed out. How awful for the kiddies.
That’s a Hugh Shark.
It’s just a dolphin
I thought it was lunatics on the lawn?
I was more upset by the dog.
The guy in the row boat got it bad too. That was edited too. The shark is swimming away with him and the sheriff kid was caught up in the mess. The guys last act was to push the kid away.
Amity Island?
I’m sure most know this, but basking sharks are harmless.
Perhaps it misunderstood and thought it was a "Wales" shark.
Yknow how it is with seals though. They always burn through all their data and cant check wiki when they see a new species.
Quote, “Experts say it was a basking shark - the second largest type behind the whale shark”. They are also filter feeders.
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