A Shark on Cleveleys beach.......der der der der
 

My son was walking Sam the dog and spotted this dead shark on the beach !!!!

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Pretty scary:eek: , but some are vegetarians feeding on plankton.
To help identify what sort it is I have found this link
Shark Pictures, Shark Photos, Photo Gallery, Desktop Wallpaper - National Geographic

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are you going to stuff it and mount it granny c ...

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Is it a basking shark.......they are common in South Wales and also Cornwall...their skin feels like emeryboard.

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did he report it? i would have done, so the coast guards can keep an eye out for more and preserve the species if needs be

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No flashy .caroline told him to but he just laughed....thats men for you.

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a recipe for you granny c

BBC - Food - Recipes - Honey and mustard swordfish steaks

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Looking at the pawprint to compare the size, it looks like it could be a basking shark......they are 3-4 feet in size.

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Its not a Basking Shark.To me it looks like one of the breeds of Blue shark,which can be found in South Wales and Cornish waters.

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So not a sunbathing lawyer, then?

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Basking Sharks have huge great mouths Margaret for when they feed on the plankton.

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Oh, well......we found one on a beach in Cornwall and someone told us it was a basking Shark....you live and learn......I defer to your knowledge :)

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I think it is a bull huss not a shark same family.

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Definitely not. Looks more like a loan shark.

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I went to cleveleys on saturday, didnt get down the beach though, so I wouldnt have seen any sharks, except for the ones on Blackpool prom on the way past! :D

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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.

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As I said several posts ago. :rolleyes:

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For what it's worth I think you're all wrong. I reckon it's a tope.

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The original one doesn't have glasses and a hat, though.

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I think I would agree that its a Dog Fish (tope) Rock Salmon or whatever takes your fancy...nice with Chips.....lots of Salt and Viniger

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Bet that one was a bit smelly G-C. Yuk.

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What are you on about? A tope has nothing to do with a dog fish, different family altogether.:confused::confused:

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Cor blimey,,,what have i started....:D:Banane30::Banane30: