Great White (Mouth)!   3 comments

Jaws

Q. What is over 30 foot long, has a mouth 6 foot wide, weighs 7 tons, hangs around in groups of up to 20, likes rubbing its snout on 17 foot sea kayaks and is capable of jumping clean out of the water?

A. The world’s second largest fish.

Basking Shark, North Cornwall

Basking Shark, North Cornwall

Basking Shark, North Cornwall

Posted August 29, 2007 by MRY in Sharks and Whales

3 responses to Great White (Mouth)!

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  1. Amazing experience isn’t it? A ‘group’ of 2 was ‘exciting’ enough. 20! Now that is something. I take it they will feature in the book?

    H – x

    ps – Claire is acting very calm!

  2. We saw around 20 over a couple of hours, in groups of up to three.

    Wonderful but oddly terrifying.

  3. Living in Cornwall I have got to paddle with these wonderful gentle giants on several occasions, it is always a great experience and there size seems to take me by surprise every time, I guess they get smaller in my memory, maybe to stop me waking up in a cold sweat!

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