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Having had another look at the photos, it looks like this was perhaps bitten by a much bigger shark, note the marks at the tail end, and near the head, almost as though something took a bite at it from sideways on.

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Very few sharks are dangerous or feed on people - Jaws/Steven Spielberg has a lot to answer for!

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Basking sharks can grow to over 30 feet in size. I've seen these plankton eaters off the coast of Scotland numerous times.

British waters have a few species of sharks, with some of them Summer visitors. I'm nothing like an expert on this, but looking at the length of the snout, it does look like a blue shark. I could well be wrong though.

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It looks like a dogfish to me. We used to catch small ones off Whitby pier, occasionally, but I've seen them washed up at Southport too. They grow to 2 or 3 feet long and are a type of shark.

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Dogfish was the first thing I thought, so you may well be right.

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We went Tuesday, not been for years it was lovely

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Well I dont know about you Derek but I was at fulwood Bks on Sat and It almost Killed me after Friday lol!!! Hope you had a good time btw it was lovely to meet you all .

GC perhaps you should send them pics off to Gazette that would make a great story.

Good pics too. :)

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it was Damian and Caroline that took the pics and put them on accy web for me,,,i wouldent know how to :D :D

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local supermarket has Shark steaks about 1" thick on sale for $3.50 a pound

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:cowboy28: Is that what you eat in California steeljack,,,i think i will stick with beef:D

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That maybe the case Gayle, but I ain't going to try tickling one just to prove a point, I'll stick to trout thank you:D

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It looks more like a dogfish than shark, can't quite make out the deatail. but could be a Spur Dogfish - caiught one off South Uist a few years back - that one was 5' - 6' long.

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Surely dogfish is a type of shark?

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still think bull huss. caught them boat fishing off wales. skipper said no good for eating. so returned to sea unharmed. (maybe sore mouth)

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think it is a dogfish, they are the same general family as sharks but a different genus - see: Spiny dogfish - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
We referred to them as Spurdogs in the Hebrides, and the spines could be quite dangerous.