Boat hits massive 23-foot shark in rare video footage
The basking shark is a relatively gentle species ... including a large scratch drawn across the shark’s back near its dorsal ...
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Shark fin scoop: how tagging basking sharks with cameras is set to reveal their previously unseen behaviour
In a world first, a basking shark is tagged with cameras ... team have attached front and rear facing cameras to sharks’ dorsal fins. However, as was demonstrated when Landward joined the ...
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The top 10 most unusual sharks in the world
The large and monstrous basking shark can grow to more than 10 ... comes from its habit of swimming very close to the surface with its dorsal fin out of the water - to "bask" means to laze in ...
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Has there ever been a report of a shark attack off the UK coastline?
but two boxes of TNT joined by a rope snagged around the shark’s dorsal fin, turning it into a living torpedo. The animal slammed into their boat and exploded, killing Kirby and Nye and injuring ...
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6,000-pound massive shark washes up on Cape Cod in the winter: Possibly ‘made a wrong turn’ and got trapped
One of those sharks unfortunately washed up dead on a Cape beach earlier this week, as researchers responded to Wellfleet Harbor and took samples from the massive 6,000-pound basking shark.
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6,000-pound basking shark washes up on Cape Cod in the winter: Possibly ‘made a wrong turn’ and got trapped
One of those sharks unfortunately washed up dead on a Cape beach earlier this week, as researchers responded to Wellfleet Harbor and took samples from the massive 6,000-pound basking shark.