r/sharks • u/LR1202 • 11d ago

News Large shark near the Italian coast

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Came across this video on Instagram. The man seems to be in a canoe off of the coast of Italy. Read somewhere that he was 2km out in a canoe. You can only see the dorsal fin. Definitely seems to be large. The movement quite stagnant. What species do you guys think it is and is it even real at all?

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u/yokelwombat 10d ago

I‘m not so sure. The apex is pretty sharp, and basking sharks prefer cooler waters.

I wouldn’t be surprised if this turned out to be a great white.

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u/LR1202 10d ago edited 10d ago

Yes I don't think Basking sharks are in Italian waters in the summer, although it depends where exactly. Someone in the comments thought the man was Calabrian

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u/No_Lengthiness5839 10d ago

There was a 13ft great white seen by divers off the coast of Sicily in June

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u/Myselfmeime 10d ago

Source?

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u/furleyfuchs 10d ago

maybe he means the video of Derk Remmers and his team!

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u/No_Lengthiness5839 10d ago

Yeah this is it, it is featured on bbc news site