Great little video clip, first published in Dive Magazine in August 2007, about Basking sharks, the second-biggest fish in the ocean and much older than dinosaurs:
(Not sure I'm that impressed with the soundtrack, nor with the background images of Great white shark when the interviewees actually talk about the perfectly harmless Basking shark.)
Basking shark are quite common still in waters off the Scottish west coast. Shame this video does not include this information, probably because scientific proof of their existence up here has been scarce. However, almost a year ago, the Glasgow Herald published a great story about them:
Experts basking in shark find
"Two areas of water off Scottish islands have been identified as 'hotspots' for amorous basking sharks who are looking for a mate.
"Scottish Natural Heritage found that four times as many basking sharks had been recorded per hour in Gunna Sound, between Coll and Tiree, and the sea around the islands of Canna and Hyskeir than anywhere else in the UK."
Thursday, December 09, 2010
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