Locals walking along a river in Cornwall were stunned to spot this blue shark- the same species that recently bit a woman off the coast. The fish was seen in the estuary of the River Fal yesterday (17 August) - leaving people stunned.
Several people who were visiting Trelissick Gardens, near Feock said they saw the shark. Earlier this month a woman diving off the coast of Cornwall was bitten by a blue shark - the first shark attack off Britain for 175 years.
Harry Clark, a graduate graduate of Marine Vertebrate Ecology and Conservation, took the video of the unexpected visitor along Carrick Roads, around Trelissick beach. The University of Exeter graduate from Falmouth said he was unsure of why the shark was so close to the shoreline, but admitted: "It was very surprising to see this species this close to shore and in such shallow water as they are a pelagic species."
