"Gordon" wrote in message
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Not one of those Channel sharks listed would last five minutes in the
Indian
Ocean.
They'd be useful as bait, however.


A couple of years ago some shark expert allegedly spotted a Great White off
of Padstow, North Cornwall. I'm tempted to suspect it was more likely a
large Mako, being a smaller cousin of the GW in the same crescent-fin
family, but I defer to the expert... No White has ever been landed from
the British coast though.

However, there have been Mako attacks off the British coast in the past, but
they're rare. The only one I can recall was a couple of divers at The
Mannacles near Falmouth in Cornwall. Threshers and Hammerheads have also
been found in the waters, but I'm not aware of any attacks. You're more
likely to choke on a turd than get eaten by sharks in British waters!

Si