Scientists have captured the shocking moment a boat collided with the UK’s largest shark. Scientists had fitted a ‘shark Fitbit’ with an integrated camera to the endangered shark as it swam off the coast of County Kerry, Ireland. Just six hours later, the seven metre-long female was struck by a boat passing through an area […]
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‘I’m happy we’re not killing them any more’: Ireland’s last basking shark hunter on the return of the giants
The ambush was simple. A spotter on a hill would scan the sea and when he saw the big black fins approach, he would shout down to the boatmen. They would ready their nets and quickly row out to the kill zone. When a shark got tangled in the mesh, Brian McNeill would wait a […]