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A grainy image taken by fishermen off the coast of Cornwall shows what appears to be a great white shark in British waters.

They saw the 14ft beast and filmed it 20 miles out to sea as it swam near their boat and experts believe it is the feared great white.

Shark expert, David Turner, studied the footage of the predatory fish and stated: ‘The most likely candidate is a great white [shark], looking at the shape of the dorsal fin rules out other suspects.’

‘This shark could be swimming round looking for food.’


The top predator was observed by 44-year-old fisherman, Nigel Hodge, 20 miles from the Cornish port of Falmouth.



Jaws may have given you impression of sharks regularly choosing to hunt humans, but in reality the dangers from shark bites in the UK is really remote.

Indeed, according to The Shark Trust, there have only ever been two unprovoked shark attacks in British waters since 1847 – neither proving fatal.