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  • čas přidán 17. 05. 2009
  • Watch this short video from BBC wildlife documentary 'Sharks: Great Whites in Britain?' to hear a convincing reason why swimmers should be wary of the British coastline! A group of divers believe they had a narrow escape from an aggressive encounter with a great white shark. Subscribe: bit.ly/BBCEarthSub
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  • @godofcodu13itch
    @godofcodu13itch Před 5 lety +4868

    Oh no a great white in Britain, thank god i live in Australia

    • @ITFC_Mark
      @ITFC_Mark Před 5 lety +206

      Hahaha I went to oz and my family took me to beach. I went in water to my ankles and shit myself. I'll take shit weather and grey water over being eaten

    • @kneelneil
      @kneelneil Před 5 lety +102

      You're right. Thank god you live in Australia..

    • @un-deniable2140
      @un-deniable2140 Před 5 lety +15

      I love the Ozzy beach

    • @un-deniable2140
      @un-deniable2140 Před 5 lety +2

      XBOXRULES ?

    • @LordGandor3
      @LordGandor3 Před 5 lety +6

      ow this is just a theory of mine but are the recent increase in shark attacks & encounters actually staged ? Are they setting the stage to Unleash the Beast, a 50 ft Great White Shark created by scientists by splicing in the Nephilim Giantism gene into a Great White Shark embryo ? If they are going to do it wouldn't the Bi11abong Pipeline slave Masters be the perfect setting since it is Ke11y Slater's final event as a pro? This year's Pipeline Masters is scheduled for Dec 8-20th, Dec 13th is a Friday !
      Jason "Fri The 13th" Statham recently starred in the Megalodon movie titled THE MEG, will life imitate art ? I doubt it but it's fun to speculate. If it happens it sure would give meaning to the Bible verse "Woe to earth & sea"

      Up from the deep Meg's teeth did gleam seemed he was thinking about just one thing he opened his jaws & shook his dorsal & said, I think I'll have a bite sized morsel

  • @puckyousr
    @puckyousr Před 5 lety +1014

    10 years later..... this comes into my recommended videos

  • @inportrace
    @inportrace Před 4 lety +2318

    11 years later this shows up in my recommended feed, well better watch it since its nothingbetter to do, thanks covid

    • @montycanton-smith8604
      @montycanton-smith8604 Před 4 lety +9

      Same with me but u gotta do it for the curiosity

    • @kierranbragger4341
      @kierranbragger4341 Před 4 lety +6

      Yep lol I'm only just getting it on my reccomended

    • @sebastianalvarado2390
      @sebastianalvarado2390 Před 4 lety +3

      Exactly me. Have probably watched every recommended video ever now

    • @jasonm8017
      @jasonm8017 Před 4 lety +5

      inportrace - yeah, I Im always on the alert though. Because I saw JAWS at the age of 7, I can’t even take a bath now, just showers. Only showers.

    • @adamd6648
      @adamd6648 Před 4 lety +2

      Jason M I saw it when I was 5, I wasn’t even scared lol

  • @TheRealAncientGamer
    @TheRealAncientGamer Před 4 lety +1478

    "i'm a marine biologist..."
    Fails to positively identify the most obvious shark in the world...

    • @taktakmeme2959
      @taktakmeme2959 Před 4 lety +17

      Really wat shark Is it then ??

    • @leeludlowart237
      @leeludlowart237 Před 4 lety +133

      Do you think a marine biologist would wrongly identify a basking shark? Even I can identify a basking shark and I’m not a marine biologist. The fact is white sharks will go where there is food and some parts of the U.K. have a very healthy seal population so why wouldn’t there be white sharks here? I’ve heard all kinds of stories about sea temperatures but they are seen in a lot of oceans with varying temperatures so it’s not impossible. I know one thing for certain. If I was a marine biologist then I would argue. As I’m not I take his word. 👍

    • @richiebcarric31
      @richiebcarric31 Před 4 lety +11

      Exactly right..no point to this vid at all .

    • @saltlifess6226
      @saltlifess6226 Před 4 lety +3

      No sh**!

    • @xdriftkingxscotland.8990
      @xdriftkingxscotland.8990 Před 4 lety +4

      🤣 😂 💀

  • @MrAckers75
    @MrAckers75 Před 6 lety +3693

    I remember swimming in the sea at Blackpool and I was petrified when I swam into a condom

    • @elliepayne446
      @elliepayne446 Před 6 lety +60

      😂😂

    • @MichaelC-yp7zo
      @MichaelC-yp7zo Před 6 lety +82

      MrAckers75 wow poor man you must be traumatised by that experience I would be

    • @MrAckers75
      @MrAckers75 Před 6 lety +11

      IndustrialBaking Complex 🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣🤣

    • @yermaw5057
      @yermaw5057 Před 6 lety +9

      MrAckers75 same bro

    • @sammcgowan76
      @sammcgowan76 Před 6 lety +15

      Lol made me spurt my juice out lol brilliant xx

  • @sharkbite5744
    @sharkbite5744 Před 4 lety +398

    Was either lost or on its way home from a night out with the boys.

    • @adamhall9889
      @adamhall9889 Před 4 lety +8

      2020 lol

    • @projectzorgoleader5067
      @projectzorgoleader5067 Před 4 lety +12

      It was a night out with the boys ya know getting a couple of drinks from the Krusty krab

    • @sharkbite5744
      @sharkbite5744 Před 4 lety

      Great White Shark hold on! Dad is that you? 🦈

    • @projectzorgoleader5067
      @projectzorgoleader5067 Před 4 lety

      SHARK BITE SON

    • @sharkbite5744
      @sharkbite5744 Před 4 lety +1

      Great White Shark yeah it’s me, where you been I’ve been swimming around the reef for ages looking for you, I can’t find mum and I’m starving, you up for going half’s on a surfer or shall we go to seal island for a takeaway?

  • @hotchihuahua1546
    @hotchihuahua1546 Před 4 lety +100

    He was just traveling and wanted to try out some Brits & Chips !

  • @shadowhadz6781
    @shadowhadz6781 Před 5 lety +273

    Great white just getting some news from the local fish on Brexit.

    • @alisonhilll4317
      @alisonhilll4317 Před 5 lety +8

      The shark knew he would not the true news from the BBC so he had to ask the fish , everyone knows their much more honest .

    • @aquilesquev
      @aquilesquev Před 5 lety +2

      Because BBC information 24/7 was not enough

    • @xx_rosiep6589
      @xx_rosiep6589 Před 4 lety

      Shadow hadz😂😂😂😂

    • @emily1332
      @emily1332 Před 4 lety

      Shadow hadz 😂

  • @TheConnorEditingSw4g
    @TheConnorEditingSw4g Před 7 lety +1388

    Isn't it cute for the shark to turn up to the reconstruction?

    • @Josh-xz4ec
      @Josh-xz4ec Před 6 lety +2

      -_-

    • @snakestaffmagic4499
      @snakestaffmagic4499 Před 6 lety +28

      I know. How much do you think they paid him?

    • @KingPossum
      @KingPossum Před 5 lety +5

      #CommentGoals!!! @Condoggydog

    • @Meddimehell
      @Meddimehell Před 5 lety +20

      @@snakestaffmagic4499 Not sure its the same one. Maybe this shark is just a paid actor while the original one was just on vacation at the time of the incident :)

    • @Pici692
      @Pici692 Před 5 lety +2

      :))))))))

  • @MegaBspark
    @MegaBspark Před 9 lety +881

    all the pics they took that day and not one of the shark.

    • @sherman4970
      @sherman4970 Před 9 lety +19

      Was just about to post exactly that.....

    • @juanjeremy2012
      @juanjeremy2012 Před 7 lety +13

      they are LIARS. hey i just saw a great white in my swimming pool

    • @bunnypong64
      @bunnypong64 Před 7 lety +43

      I saw a Great Brown in my toilet! :OP

    • @MrFredSed
      @MrFredSed Před 7 lety +6

      +Bunny Pong
      That was the Queen Mary... I launch one myelf every so often.

    • @seniya8095
      @seniya8095 Před 6 lety +2

      Ita the obvious. They said clearly in the beginning.

  • @oscrob9148
    @oscrob9148 Před 3 lety +17

    11 years still on my recommended

  • @he8923
    @he8923 Před 4 lety +67

    Anyone else got this recommend in Quarantine?

    • @mandyritchie7115
      @mandyritchie7115 Před 4 lety +1

      Yes, take care, be safe. My thoughts are with you. From Bendigo Victoria Australia.

    • @he8923
      @he8923 Před 4 lety

      @@mandyritchie7115 Love the reply, hope your doing well down under.

    • @predictivetextisforaunts
      @predictivetextisforaunts Před 3 lety

      @@he8923 You’re*

  • @Naeshabby
    @Naeshabby Před 8 lety +927

    If they were taking photos in the water then why on earth didn't anyone take a photo of it, to prove for the first time that great whites have been in uk waters in recent times, seems like a good achievement for a marine biologist but noooo, let's not take a photo

    • @Yuritower77
      @Yuritower77 Před 8 lety +57

      There is proof that they are in uk waters shark tracker tracked one to scotland a couple of years ago. They can occasionally even be found in Alaskan waters if conditions are right.

    • @juanjeremy2012
      @juanjeremy2012 Před 7 lety +27

      exactly these are liars. hey why not claim they saw megaladon or something?

    • @christianbuczko1481
      @christianbuczko1481 Před 7 lety +51

      Back then in 2002 they didn't have that many digital cameras around with unlimited storage. They were probably taking portrait quality pics using film, and id bet they didn't have any film left after a 45min dive, either that or by the time they realised what it was, they couldn't take their eyes off it to pick up the camera. They said it was only there for 15sec beside the boat, he got a good look instead. Some people prefer to see things in reality, and not through a camera lens

    • @DancinJim
      @DancinJim Před 7 lety +15

      Christian Buczko I had a digital SLR in 2002 and was a poor student at the time, so there's no way these marine biologists didn't have one, or at least a compact digital camera.

    • @stiltish
      @stiltish Před 7 lety +32

      Why is he comparing it to a basking shark. Its like saying "No it wasn't a 747, possibly a Cessna". Basking shark, much darker, bigger, surface feeders, massive mouth, slower and totally different dorsal. If your a Marine Biologist, convince us it wasn't a Mako or Porbeagle.

  • @xenomellon6623
    @xenomellon6623 Před 3 lety +22

    Ok... I'm never stepping a foot in a sea ever again

  • @jonwatson654
    @jonwatson654 Před 4 lety +33

    I dived for weeks around the Summer Isles as a shellfish diver in 2004, including Black Rock. Often near large seal colonies. I always hated floating around waiting to get picked up after a dive.

    • @CaptainReedo40
      @CaptainReedo40 Před 2 lety +14

      Swimming amidst seal colonies is likely ill-advised.

    • @oscarcat1231
      @oscarcat1231 Před rokem +1

      Did you not have your own boat? Sounds scary to depend on being picked up!

    • @pauloshea5483
      @pauloshea5483 Před 6 měsíci

      You shellfish bar steward

  • @andrewallen4959
    @andrewallen4959 Před 3 lety +8

    They'll eat anything including birds although they won't eat penguins because they can't get the wrappers off

  • @justincase8901
    @justincase8901 Před 5 lety +14

    "And I asked the shark:
    Are you lost Buddy?" 😂😂😂

    • @adamwilliamson7039
      @adamwilliamson7039 Před 4 lety +2

      Thank god a comment that's funny and not complaining, thanks bro

  • @zzzzzsleeping
    @zzzzzsleeping Před 6 lety +222

    There are lots of shark in UK PARLIAMENT

  • @johnjeffrey3127
    @johnjeffrey3127 Před 6 lety +52

    I live in Canada and although it's not well known there are also some rather large Great Whites in the waters around Newfoundland..
    The water is cold, as cold as the waters around the UK I would reckon..so it's not a stretch to believe they would frequent the water around the UK as well...

    • @jimmykarlsson2567
      @jimmykarlsson2567 Před 2 lety +6

      Yeah the are alot of them outside New Foundland and New Brunswick. I live in Sweden and I suppose we also have the same temperature as Canada. This year a woman got killed in Maine. Also the same temperature

    • @chriscrowhurst7209
      @chriscrowhurst7209 Před rokem

      theres no chance of any great whites in uk mate they cant stand pakis or indians bro lol

    • @jamesdavies3776
      @jamesdavies3776 Před rokem

      Their known to frequent waters alot cooler than the uks.. thats why people are convinced there are white sharks atleast passing thru our waters..

  • @benzomanic2972
    @benzomanic2972 Před 4 lety +23

    Think the shark is giving the same interview? I'm telling you they where Brits! All dressed as seals to boot! I've never seen the like!

  • @harryplum6097
    @harryplum6097 Před 3 lety +3

    There's no reason why a great white wouldn't follow the gulf stream into UK waters - there's plenty of food in our waters - seals, porpoise and large fish

  • @hwtl7108
    @hwtl7108 Před rokem +5

    Keep showing this to my mam she’s recently purchased a paddle board 🤣

  • @paulbaber8467
    @paulbaber8467 Před 5 lety +17

    There are plenty of sightings along the French west coast and this could well be one.They prefer temperate waters not hot and not cold so it is likely that small numbers do reach British waters but unlikely to go much further north.

  • @spxn5753
    @spxn5753 Před 4 lety +10

    I feel like an odd one out
    I actually searched for this

  • @Francis1930
    @Francis1930 Před 8 lety +12

    Yep, that is definitely a Great White. Been in a cage diving with them, I've studied them, dived with them stroked one as it swam passed the cage. They are absolutely awesome incredible creatures. Can't wait to dive with them again!

    • @mattgosling6757
      @mattgosling6757 Před 7 lety

      where did you cage dive with them?

    • @ihateyoumother-fucker3204
      @ihateyoumother-fucker3204 Před 7 lety +4

      Francis1930 😂😂😂😂 sorry, but how do you know it's definitely a great white shark, mainly by this man's word? Considering he's (apparently) a marine biologist, he chooses his words very carefully when he says, "I was convinced in my own mind that this was a great white shark." The man has not confirmed anything. He's simply telling us what went through his mind, at that exact moment in time.
      Also, the video of him and his mates diving is obviously not real footage of the actual event. You claim that you've been cage diving with great white sharks. Therefore, would you not agree that genuine & verified footage, of a great white shark, swimming off the coast of Scotland would = WORLD NEWS?

    • @annabizaro-doo-dah
      @annabizaro-doo-dah Před 6 lety +1

      Francis1930 Yup. Shame the footage was a reconstruction😂

    • @quit4894
      @quit4894 Před 6 lety

      Francis1930 extremely lucky that’s basically my dream, always loved marine life even despite being terrified of sharks as a young boy

  • @hairyscone
    @hairyscone Před 6 lety +306

    Porbeagle - Relative of the Great white - looks the very same. Very common in UK waters - Seen loads.

    • @alpha7even928
      @alpha7even928 Před 6 lety +20

      Ben Add that's a big porbeagle.

    • @hairyscone
      @hairyscone Před 6 lety +8

      Minus Won yeah they get up to around 9ft and 300lb! Also I think Some of the footage was not from that specific adventure. I may be wrong :) But it's the more likely reason. I don't doubt great whites habe frequented UK waters but I've seen many porbeagles and they look the same. I've seen great whites in Australia!

    • @Bluebellwoods75
      @Bluebellwoods75 Před 6 lety +19

      Ben Add porbeagles dont grow to 5 metres

    • @AAIice
      @AAIice Před 6 lety +7

      Porbeagles have bigger eyes than that. Also, its lighter markings underneath didn't start as high up as Porbeagles' typically do

    • @killerpeaches7
      @killerpeaches7 Před 6 lety +16

      @Colin Shilto folks tend to also be terrible about mistaking sizes. 5 meters is large end for White Sharks. And shark mis-identification even by divers and such s common. Could it be a white? Sure. Could have been a lot smaller too and a different species than claimed to. Everything gets bigger in fish stories. Such trained and experienced divers and scientists should also have been able to take a bloody photo and such, too. So I guess we'll never know, will we?

  • @Eggnoodlesandketchup3
    @Eggnoodlesandketchup3 Před rokem +3

    In summer, great white sharks are reguarly present in the waters around newfoundland and nova scotia. They feed on seals. They will also be on the other side of the Atlantic feeding on seals in Scotland, Ireland and England.

  • @dabullz2346
    @dabullz2346 Před 5 lety +53

    Your a marine biologist, and you didnt know it was a white shark ?

    • @colmmorris3966
      @colmmorris3966 Před 5 lety +3

      some people aren't good with words and letters. It doesn't mean they're stupid @Emily Taber

    • @brettestabrooks5219
      @brettestabrooks5219 Před 4 lety +1

      As a marine biologist idve thought he would be reluctant to claim a great white was outside its standard habitat without better confirmation than a quick glimpse

    • @itsmenelson3010
      @itsmenelson3010 Před 4 lety +1

      He said it was a great white though

    • @alphabogeyman7462
      @alphabogeyman7462 Před 4 lety

      He doesn't deal with tropical species.

  • @davidevenden9294
    @davidevenden9294 Před 4 lety +6

    Remember this is the BBC!

  • @levicarmody5713
    @levicarmody5713 Před 4 lety +47

    “I’m a marine biologist” Hmmm a shark with a white stomach I wonder what it could be?

    • @morellif36
      @morellif36 Před 3 lety +2

      Could have been a large mako shark, they're common for UK waters and basically lean/small great whites

    • @alfpert2022
      @alfpert2022 Před 3 lety +3

      Or a Porbeagle they can be found in the uk, look a lot like great whites and are normally about 9ft long

    • @breethf1r331
      @breethf1r331 Před 3 lety +2

      @@morellif36 no makos are rare to see in the uk there endangered mate

    • @morellif36
      @morellif36 Před 3 lety

      @@breethf1r331 you're right they're endangered and rare but certainly more plausible than a great white, I changed my mind since then anyway it was mostt likely a porbeagle shark

    • @breethf1r331
      @breethf1r331 Před 3 lety

      @@morellif36 yeh, ive been spearfishing for 2 years and ive never seen a shark exept a dogfish

  • @christophercharles8758
    @christophercharles8758 Před 6 lety +20

    It was probably a Porbeagle shark, it’s a cousin of the great white, they’ve been caught in trawler nets up to 12 feet. They feed off other fish and are attracted to the sound of boat engines as they seemed to have learned that they can get a free meal from boats, especially trawlers... so they will naturally have a sniff about if they’re in the vicinity...

  • @razorrr9162
    @razorrr9162 Před 3 lety +4

    11 years later let’s recommend this shark to everyone 😃

  • @fr0g.f00l9
    @fr0g.f00l9 Před 6 lety +21

    I'm British and I've always had a fear of sharks this has now made it worse

    • @itsjessx616
      @itsjessx616 Před 4 lety +1

      Snoopy happy-go-lucky Smith same 🥴😖

    • @generalkenobi5173
      @generalkenobi5173 Před 4 lety +4

      @@itsjessx616 your more likely to be struck by lightening or getting attacked by a cow than a shark. U dont know this

    • @joshgibson3669
      @joshgibson3669 Před 4 lety

      Sharks are nasty fuckers

    • @andyaim4764
      @andyaim4764 Před 4 lety +1

      More than 40 different species of shark pass through UK waters, but only 21 of these can be found all year round. The porbeagle is one of the most common types to be spotted by British fisherman. ... Thankfully, there has never been a confirmed case of a porbeagle killing a human, as the predators feed on smaller fish.
      So relax....

    • @joshgibson3669
      @joshgibson3669 Před 4 lety

      Andy Aim when you are next to a shark you’re gonna shit yourself mate

  • @Matthew-ut6ed
    @Matthew-ut6ed Před 3 lety +4

    So they've all got cameras and no-one took a picture...

    • @patrickdoyle9217
      @patrickdoyle9217 Před 3 lety

      Plus someone could have said,'Smile you son of a bitch' for the picture.

  • @CrypticSWLDN
    @CrypticSWLDN Před 6 lety +172

    Probably A Megaladon Or Dragon... I've Seen Plenty Of Them In UK Waters... Not Clickbait

    • @ajdexter4195
      @ajdexter4195 Před 6 lety +3

      I've seen them in reservoirs and fresh water lakes as well, just never been bothered to take picture.

    • @gachauniverse6846
      @gachauniverse6846 Před 6 lety

      PY7 CRYBABY a megalandons are extinct but there are still some u are lucky to see some

    • @Vik_vekka
      @Vik_vekka Před 6 lety +1

      Ya totally 😏

    • @BreakerBreakerYeo
      @BreakerBreakerYeo Před 6 lety

      @MrHappyBollox hes funny for being stupid i know ones like him 😂😂😂

    • @itsfoggi3879
      @itsfoggi3879 Před 5 lety +1

      sorry to burst your bubble but megalodons are extinct due to lack of food, global warming, and of course we still can hope. keep hoping!. also by dragon do you mean sea dragon or a Mosa?

  • @sandrareith21
    @sandrareith21 Před 6 lety +11

    I love watching and reading about any type of shark i am a great believer of great whites being in brittish and scottish waters i live in edinburgh a good 30 odd yesrs ago there was a 9foot portbeagle shark stranded on granton beach so yes i believe in great whites being in our waters they adapt to any type of water thank u for reading

  • @scottgray1806
    @scottgray1806 Před 4 lety +23

    There are lots of sharks related to the great white with the same counter shading. And live in northern waters. There has been a Great White seen around Shetland. Summer isles of the west coast of Scotland is a breeding area for Seals. It is possible that young pups in the water will be getting preyed upon. They were definitely needing a bigger boat.

    • @rickoliver2059
      @rickoliver2059 Před 2 lety +8

      I live in NZ down in the Southern Pacific , we have what we call resident great whites breeding in most harbours around the country , other species also are born in the same harbours . In the Southern Hemisphere , white sharks are found as far south as Antarctica , all the way up to the tropics . They do frequent city areas , but prefer a nice quiet surrounding , also another shark , the Bullshark , is very similar to the white , but only tend to grow to about 3 -- 4 meters maximum , they are much more aggressive than a white and will attack humans at will . The experts think a lot of deaths or survivals could be attributed to these bullsharks . If there are more sightings in the future up in your country , then that might be a good thing , it could mean that fish ( food ) are making a comeback in your seas ! Just don`t let the Chinese fisheries in , they`ll clean your area out in no time , serious , cheers .

  • @kaiying74
    @kaiying74 Před 4 lety +17

    "I'm a Marine Biologist...it was light along the...middle line." Seems legit.

  • @BLAH-b5u
    @BLAH-b5u Před 3 lety +56

    It could have easily been a carrier bag. I've seen carrier bags from ASDA take on shapes like this before. Especially with the long pointed snout and large dorsal fin and huge teeth.

    • @bigange6629
      @bigange6629 Před 2 lety +5

      Thats an ALDI bag for life you are describing, the dorsal fin on an ASDA bag is more rounded

    • @desmondroberts6034
      @desmondroberts6034 Před 2 lety +9

      Have you been smoking sea weed?

    • @bigange6629
      @bigange6629 Před 2 lety +2

      @@desmondroberts6034 😆

    • @Nicinoo-lm7pl
      @Nicinoo-lm7pl Před 2 lety

      You sure you ain't f-----g high m8? Listen dude point me in the right direction of you're dealer please and I'll let you be my friend. Just sort me out a bag of what you are smoking and I will be game.

    • @billwellington4339
      @billwellington4339 Před 2 lety +4

      You've got that wrong mate...you're thinking of a Waitrose bag....dark at the top and light underneath!!😀

  • @vitalhygiene3546
    @vitalhygiene3546 Před 5 lety +5

    Britain: A single shark spotted in our waters!
    Australia: *hold ma beer*

    • @dons106
      @dons106 Před 5 lety +1

      Cape Cod: Hold my Beer..

    • @BlatentlyFakeName
      @BlatentlyFakeName Před 4 lety

      Everything in Australia is dangerous. Yet right next door, NZ has nothing dangerous. It makes no sense.

  • @danndane3642
    @danndane3642 Před 5 lety +6

    Great whites are travellers, in Croatia we describe them as morski pas putnik, traveller shark.

    • @email5782
      @email5782 Před 5 lety +1

      thats what i was saying also.. how are people so naive they are surprised a great white ends up in the waters of britain.. great whites are everywhere, apex predators who can adapt to different waters

    • @billcom7066
      @billcom7066 Před 5 lety

      e mail fr

  • @johnmutton799
    @johnmutton799 Před 4 lety +3

    Something she will never forget "july i think" you don't forget things like that

  • @dispassionateobserver
    @dispassionateobserver Před 4 měsíci +1

    The comments section is where the real shark experts flex their knowledge.

  • @alisajadmohammadi749
    @alisajadmohammadi749 Před 4 lety +5

    Wow this was posted 11 years ago and I'm getting recommended it now lol

  • @Endo-uu8mo
    @Endo-uu8mo Před 5 lety +3

    Great whites are live in warm and cold water.they live also in Russian Bearing sea,Massachussets Cape Cod island,new york,north carolina.great whites are also live in Italy,croatia,southafrica,Mexico,Hawaii,california,Florida,Argentinia,spain and there islands,british islands,Caribic,Australia,new sealand,japan.
    Thats cold oceans and warm Oceans.great white live in 80% of sea in the whole world.

  • @adamclayton9960
    @adamclayton9960 Před 3 lety +8

    Why is this being recommended to me 11 years after it was posted? Oh well I’ll watch it even tho I was like a month old when the divers encountered the sharks in 2003 🤷🏻

    • @fahadarif1875
      @fahadarif1875 Před 3 lety +1

      i wasnt even born

    • @DidBer
      @DidBer Před 3 lety

      Coz I ve been watching California white shark vids for a week or so...

  • @artbargestudio
    @artbargestudio Před rokem +1

    Sometimes a shark might think a diver is a seal when flapping about on the surface.

  • @solerso68
    @solerso68 Před rokem +1

    it was probably a big adult white shark. I wouldn't call that "Aggressive" behavior though .A shark that big is not going to fear the boat. It may have even followed fishing boats into your waters

  • @smashedcrabface8358
    @smashedcrabface8358 Před 5 lety +6

    What does it take for a sighting to be confirmed ‘official’. A photograph? Even then, people could claim that it wasn’t taken in U.K. waters.
    I guess someone would have to be attacked in U.K. waters for it to be confirmed that Great Whites visit U.K. waters. The water temperature would definitely be adequate for them in the summer months.

  • @johnbutler2262
    @johnbutler2262 Před 2 lety +7

    I was a student at Reading University in the 1980s. One of my friends was studying Zoology and was a keen diver in his spare time. He was convinced that he saw a Tiger shark near a wreck off the south west coast of Britain.

    • @sineadoconormcG
      @sineadoconormcG Před 9 měsíci

      He didn't. The chances of seeing a tiger shark in British waters is next to 0.

    • @johnbutler2262
      @johnbutler2262 Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@sineadoconormcG I don't have a photograph of the shark my friend saw so we can only discuss the matter on the balance of probability. He had dual British and South African nationality and was also experienced at diving and swimming off the African coast. I used to take a keen interest in the obituary section of the Uni Mag to find out how he was getting on!

  • @4orl2c68
    @4orl2c68 Před 3 lety +1

    A marine biologist second guessing a Great White.......RIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT.

  • @stefanorso
    @stefanorso Před 2 lety +1

    I think you all should consider that Great White Sharks do not live just in South Africa, Farallon and Australia!
    There were fatal attacks on humans in Italy and not few in Greece and by the coast of Jugoslavia.

  • @vixensvlogsgirlietalkstoma5328

    Could have been a gw as our waters are perfect temperature and lots of seals to eat the question is why are we not seeing more gw in the Uk. The only other shark it could have been was an abnormally large porbeagle they can grow up to 12 feet and are basically the same as a great white shark and are regularly found all over the uk the only thing is they don’t normally grow to 5 metres however like humans I suppose they all come in different sizes 🥰❤️

    • @mikarage3677
      @mikarage3677 Před 2 lety +1

      5m would be twice the max size of this species

  • @jamiecoe6772
    @jamiecoe6772 Před 3 lety +4

    As a Australian I can tell you 100% that's a great white

    • @Matthew-ut6ed
      @Matthew-ut6ed Před rokem

      All of this footage is a reconstruction.

    • @SofiaMaria-qt4zg
      @SofiaMaria-qt4zg Před 4 měsíci

      Thankyou

    • @Compo1976
      @Compo1976 Před 3 měsíci

      Not all.. Reconstruction I'm saying the big underwater hazy clip is real.

  • @kiarashshams9151
    @kiarashshams9151 Před 4 lety +4

    11 years later in my recommendations😂😂😂

  • @omgitstdawg9352
    @omgitstdawg9352 Před 4 lety +7

    This isn't unheard of, theoretically they can be found anywhere, they don't typically live in UK oceans but they are known to inhabit the waters on ocassions

    • @WaylanderWOR
      @WaylanderWOR Před rokem

      No they are not known to inhabit the waters lol they've apparently been spotted but never confirmed ever

    • @gustaf3811
      @gustaf3811 Před 9 měsíci

      ​@@WaylanderWOR They do swim past UK, they been spotted as far north as in the arctic during the summer months so it's not impossible at all.

    • @WaylanderWOR
      @WaylanderWOR Před 9 měsíci

      @gustaf3811 I didn't say it was impossible, actually uk waters are a decent temperature and have a large seal colony, it's more strange why they are not here. But that doesn't change the fact that there hasn't been a single "confirmed sighting" ever there's been a few believable stories but that's it

  • @alanwareham7391
    @alanwareham7391 Před 6 lety +17

    Many years ago I was a full time fisherman fishing the far west of Cornwall ,and I think a the shark you've seen is a Mako. A very rare visitor that few people in the UK have ever seen, because it can be years without one being caught and was not even identified as a British fish until the 1950s

    • @michaelcampin1464
      @michaelcampin1464 Před 2 lety +3

      I totally agree a 5m Great White. It is possible in our waters in The British Isles but more likely a Mako as they are here quite often

    • @robj4881
      @robj4881 Před 2 lety +4

      @@michaelcampin1464 5m is a very big Mako assuming the shark sighted was in fact 5m long but I think the estimate of size likely to be right bearing in mind the experience of the people who saw it.

    • @solerso68
      @solerso68 Před rokem +4

      @@michaelcampin1464 Average Mako size is 1.5 meters ..they can grow to , maybe, 3 meters...not 5

    • @Aus710
      @Aus710 Před rokem

      Not a mako. Makos don't grow to be 5 meters maybe 3 1/2 or 4 meters at the most.

    • @oscarcat1231
      @oscarcat1231 Před rokem

      @@Nivekthewatcher.6372yep!

  • @nickys8328
    @nickys8328 Před rokem +2

    Makos and Great Whites look very much alike, but a Mako has much bigger eyes than a GW and Makos have a more roundish fin with a bit white in it. (The fin of GWs is usually dark) So I'd say this looks like a Great White

    • @Topper_Harley68
      @Topper_Harley68 Před 6 měsíci

      GWS are very easy to distinguish from other sharks.

  • @Axel1051
    @Axel1051 Před 3 lety +1

    The size, the behaviour and that two tone colouration of gunmetal grey on top and white underneath is rather telling. It couldn’t be anything else.

  • @person8203
    @person8203 Před 6 lety +4

    Regardless of the shark turning up I think they needed a bigger boat

  • @systemicwhisk8986
    @systemicwhisk8986 Před 8 lety +11

    Well they've cut in visuals of a GW, but what they saw is almost certainly a big porbeagle. It's the right time of year for them to be up that way, they were close inshore. I'm a bit disappointed in the "professional marine biologist" in the clip who couldn't think of "anything else" it could be, yet didn't describe any feature that might distinguish it from a porgie (apart from perhaps his length estimate which I can't completely buy into without photos). Not knowing that L. nasus is native to the British Isles is a bit inexcusable for someone in his field.

    • @MrSequinn
      @MrSequinn Před 8 lety +1

      Yep I thought that they could have seen a portabeagal!

    • @Compo1976
      @Compo1976 Před 8 lety

      porgies 5mtrs long.??.....and esp a triangular fin... na.... great white all day....

    • @caius9971
      @caius9971 Před 8 lety

      There was no porbeagle, mako, salmon or any other similar species in this video. That was a Great White, the broadly pointed snout, the dorsal fin is easily recognisable, the dark colours shining vividly in the sunlight, makos are brighter, salmons have a more rounded dorsal and are stockier and shorter proportionatly as well as the colouration being off, porbeagles don't even reach near that size and the look doesn't match at all. Looks pretty reminiscent to a Great White to me

    • @mattgosling6757
      @mattgosling6757 Před 7 lety +1

      yeah that footage clip was 100% a great white but that film it showed wasnt what they saw it was just played to show how it could have been a white shark,like others have said marine biologist would know a great white and they were there to take photos most people would have grabbed a camera as soon as they knew it wasnt a basking shark

    • @nealmccauly7482
      @nealmccauly7482 Před 3 lety

      But is it in uk

  • @ReaIJohnDoe
    @ReaIJohnDoe Před 3 lety +1

    A marine biologist, takes photos of seaweed, fail to take photos of Great White in UK. Well I bet your employers value your quick thinking.

  • @vadergravy
    @vadergravy Před 4 lety +3

    Bit late (very late, but it's just popped up in my feed) to the party but oh well. Back in the year 2000 me and my buddy, me being someone who had grown up by the water, a surfer and fisherman, and him the same but also a fully qualified diver with 6 years experience by that point, encountered what we believe to this day was an enormous, 16ft-ish great white off the north cornwall coast. It was aggressive, and it scared the shit out of us.
    Nobody believed us. But usually when we'd come close to shore, like a 100 metres out or so, i'd dive overboard and swim the rest of the way. On that day i did not step off that little 12ft boat until it was grounded on the sand. And no, it wasn't a basking shark, we saw hundreds of them every year.
    It circled us, nudged and bashed the boat, disappeared for a minute then came back and did the same thing 3 times. The way it moved, the speed, the sudden bursts of acceleration were unlike anything we had encountered before. As was the shape and colouration. And the shape of the fins (which we both researched after the fact) were also unlike anything we had seen before. Turns out those fins were a perfect match for a Great White. At the time we were both thinking it but didn't want to say it, as we did not want to freak the other out. And because this thing was being so aggressive, and was much bigger than the boat we were in.

  • @allmight5254
    @allmight5254 Před 3 lety +4

    Oh don’t worry! That’s my friend Bruce. He’s just dropping by for some tea and crumpets

  • @casconie
    @casconie Před 6 lety +47

    only 1 way to confirm it was a great white shark; simply jump in the water and if it attacks then it is a great white shark. i am in no way close to being a marine biologist but i highly approve this message for clarification. fish on 👊👍

  • @thebaldingsparrow5392
    @thebaldingsparrow5392 Před 4 lety +2

    11 years later..... this comes into my recommended videos.

  • @billlawrence3695
    @billlawrence3695 Před 3 lety +2

    I had an unnerving encounter at the Sand Castle in Blackpool, I narrowly avoided a floater. It was yellow and a good foot long, so I can only assume it was in an adult.

  • @notothe8915
    @notothe8915 Před 3 lety +4

    Fun fact, I searched for this and wasn't recommended to me.

  • @michaelmarsh1490
    @michaelmarsh1490 Před 8 lety +145

    Thanks a lot I have a fear of going in water in the sea and had just got over it but now you have just scared me even more, THANKS!!

  • @leemaharg3788
    @leemaharg3788 Před 4 lety +2

    And apparently fisherman , trawlers have seen them feeding on seals around the UK in summer ! Even breaching the water to take them ! !

  • @boydmccollum692
    @boydmccollum692 Před 2 lety

    why is the marine biologist so breathless? I have expected him to say he was "terrified" lol

  • @mirsad96
    @mirsad96 Před 8 lety +26

    "It came rather aggressively towards the boat" "sort of an aggressive turn or movement" 100% curiosity in search for bait fish or something similar. Aggressively my behind. If a dolphin did they same you wouldn't call it aggressive now would you. This guys a marine biologist? Where did he study? Jaws the movie university?

    • @grmoat11
      @grmoat11 Před 7 lety +1

      Miki Seius
      You do realise it was a re-creation? It wasn't actual footage of the event. And this was 7 years ago so the filming is obviously going to be bad

    • @mirsad96
      @mirsad96 Před 7 lety

      Moat house Productions Obviously i didn't.

    • @masterblob7196
      @masterblob7196 Před 7 lety +1

      Another internet expert...The only shark species in the UK which is known to glide on the surface is a basking shark. Anyone that knows anything about them know that they are passive and don't tend to change direction much, especially not aggressively. Porbeagle and blue sharks don't really go on the surface, they tend to stay in the mid-low water columns. Of course a shark could turn in a way that looks aggressive to investigate the boat.

  • @mactcampbell
    @mactcampbell Před 4 lety +12

    They have been sighted in the Bay of Fundy, Gulf of St Lawrence and off Newfoundland and Nova Scotia's coast in Atlantic Canada in recent years. A lot of sources say that the grey seal population is high and is attracting them, especially the Sable Island area.

    • @stovepipe9er
      @stovepipe9er Před 2 lety +1

      Some of the really big ones go there every year, check out the shark tracker app. They gps tag them which shows they migrate up and down the coast from the bay of fundy to the Gulf of Mexico

  • @ralfj.1740
    @ralfj.1740 Před rokem +1

    The shark shown here is clearly a Great White Shark, no doubt

  • @inver23
    @inver23 Před 3 lety +1

    It is a Porbeagle shark, same family as Great White but harmless, it's common name is a mackerel shark, quite common on West coast, I fish in the Minch and have seen them several times.

  • @danndane3642
    @danndane3642 Před 7 lety +3

    White shark is also known as a traveler shark, which means they can travel to distant places in the world. This of course has the consequence that there could be white sharks in Britain as well.

  • @sinkablesum2196
    @sinkablesum2196 Před 4 lety +3

    11 years for it to come in my recommended... NOICE

  • @Ethan-ck8rk
    @Ethan-ck8rk Před 3 lety +1

    "I'm a marine biologist" *encounters great white shark. "this is not a basking shark"...

  • @Oioisavaloy
    @Oioisavaloy Před 4 lety +1

    I'm a marine biologist from Britain and I can confirm what they saw was a shitty nappy.

  • @mysteriouslog-on3493
    @mysteriouslog-on3493 Před 2 lety +4

    Porbeagle sharks are similar in looks to a white shark and I believe also in the same shark family. I think that's what that was, although great whites do very rarely come a short way up the channel. They prefer clear water however so don't go far up the channel.

    • @Topper_Harley68
      @Topper_Harley68 Před 6 měsíci

      They are tiny compared to a 5 meter white shark. A 5 meter gws weight over 10x more than a full grown beagle.

  • @kingcarriere8323
    @kingcarriere8323 Před 2 lety +8

    I was fishing off the dock and decided to use my wife's holiday roast for bait. Suddenly a tug, a bite, a massive pull. It came up to the surface. No word of a lie, it was a massive Great White Shark no less than 25 feet, 3 tons of em.

    • @jeffebdy
      @jeffebdy Před 2 lety +1

      You need to write a novel about your encounter or better yet make a movie (tho don't bother with sequels, especially 3D ones)

    • @banditdarville.
      @banditdarville. Před rokem

      I think you're gonna need a bigger dock........

  • @andy99ish
    @andy99ish Před 3 lety

    Q: What is a rather large shark with a white underside called?
    a) tuna sandwich
    b) blue shark
    c) white shark
    Consult your marine biologist, as this is really a hard one!

  • @stuartcole3759
    @stuartcole3759 Před 4 lety +1

    Marine biologist. . . .i think he means He's got a fish tank at home

  • @mooncatt79
    @mooncatt79 Před 5 lety +4

    Probably and more likely to be a porbeagle shark. These arent uncommon around the british isles. The do look very much like great whites as they are closely related. The porbeagle can grow anywhere from 8ft to a possible 12ft so seeing one could easily be mistaken for a great white, as the bloke in the vid says "hes a marine biologist" so i would of thought he would of known all this.

    • @DEVINE.IMAGE.
      @DEVINE.IMAGE. Před 4 lety

      Are they dangerous

    • @mooncatt79
      @mooncatt79 Před 4 lety

      @@DEVINE.IMAGE. they are not known for attacking humans, but i think its safe to say that all sharks are dangerous apart from the whale shark and basking shark

    • @DEVINE.IMAGE.
      @DEVINE.IMAGE. Před 4 lety

      @@mooncatt79 scuba diving in the uk is there any sea life to be worried about at all

    • @mooncatt79
      @mooncatt79 Před 4 lety

      @@DEVINE.IMAGE. no not really, there is only the porbeagle and the blue shark that may pose any threat, you would have to be quite some distance off shore to encounter a blue shark. The usual jelly fish and the weaver fish are the only others to look out for. They won't kill you but they have a nasty sting

    • @DEVINE.IMAGE.
      @DEVINE.IMAGE. Před 4 lety

      @@mooncatt79 sounds good are u a diver yourself sea life dont really bother me but I think seeing an 8 foot shark would get my heart pumping

  • @simplissity
    @simplissity Před 5 lety +3

    U get them up north near cape wrath. Orcas too

  • @snw19x
    @snw19x Před 4 lety +1

    Who else just randomly got this in their recommended 11 years later?? 😹😹

  • @michaelnunnery6394
    @michaelnunnery6394 Před 5 lety +2

    Fresh meat in a tiny rubber boat.
    “Sink the boat and your all mine”

  • @90dfender
    @90dfender Před 9 lety +9

    the pictures are mostly of a great white,but these pictures are not of the shark that you say you have seen on the dive trip,do you have any real life pictures/video of the actual event.

  • @Warriorking.1963
    @Warriorking.1963 Před 4 lety +3

    🎵If you go into the water today, you're sure of a big surprise...🎵

  • @georgemorris4142
    @georgemorris4142 Před 5 lety +1

    in the beginning of this video,I thought I was wacthing a rerun of Miami vice

  • @nkosirooms9615
    @nkosirooms9615 Před 5 lety +2

    Was thinking why no one swims past the nets in South Africa.Da.....

  • @kaneshields5003
    @kaneshields5003 Před 4 lety +5

    Shit yeah I remember when I saw one in the local swimming pool, scared the life out of me, I also have no evidence of this but let's go reconstruct it and make it sound like there's been a murder also.

  • @ericgreen86
    @ericgreen86 Před 8 lety +5

    A basking shark wouldn't make an aggressive move toward a small boat like that. Also, why wouldn't great white sharks visit the UK coast? There are yummy seals there!

    • @liberaltears2800
      @liberaltears2800 Před 7 lety

      Eric Green They never said a Basking Shark made agressive movements like that...

    • @SofiaMaria-qt4zg
      @SofiaMaria-qt4zg Před 4 měsíci

      A basking shark is totaly different flatter with side gills last one I saw was brownish. Big yes similar not in the slightest.

  • @jockojockoson9995
    @jockojockoson9995 Před rokem

    Wasn’t a British shark.
    - Had a full compliment of perfect teeth.

  • @realeyesrealizereallies1176

    Clickbait to the max.

  • @ZALI7811
    @ZALI7811 Před 3 lety +5

    Who else got this in their recommendation in the 2nd year of lockdown

  • @stevenlobban8162
    @stevenlobban8162 Před 4 lety +1

    He's a marine biologist but doesn't know what a white pointer looks like

  • @Nanna-MO
    @Nanna-MO Před rokem

    14 year ago , and it’s only this year that we’ve heard about sharks in Cornwall , but only there , no waters are safe

  • @Alan07881
    @Alan07881 Před 10 lety +40

    I'm sure Great White spend time in UK waters however, it was more than likely a Porbeagle Shark also known as the Mackerel Shark witch is a cousin of the Great White with similar markings, they can typically reaches 2.5 m (8.2 ft) in length and a weight of 135 kg (298 lb) and are common in UK waters.
    But yes i think it is possible it was a Great White.

    • @stevebomer7670
      @stevebomer7670 Před 10 lety +2

      they said it was a good 5 meters

    • @sheaz7553
      @sheaz7553 Před 10 lety +2

      Steve Bomer a rough prediction, mate

    • @Chammyfan
      @Chammyfan Před 10 lety +1

      I thought at first it was a Portbeagle but there was no white marking at the base of the dorsal fin and the eyes where not large enough and too far back. It was also too large. As you say, if that footage was real that could only have been a great white.

    • @AbroadChimp5
      @AbroadChimp5 Před 10 lety +1

      I know for sure it was a great white! There have been loads of these sightings. Loch ness is a shark but its a Greenland one

    • @robertwraith7264
      @robertwraith7264 Před 10 lety +2

      A 5 meter porbeagle ?

  • @spenceabroad7960
    @spenceabroad7960 Před 5 lety +4

    Just a matter of time before great whites patrol British waters if they ain’t here already. They’ve been known to frequent the northern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and even places such as Mallorca.