Rare Tope Shark found on Newquay Beach

19th March 2015, a rare shark was been found washed up on a Newquay beach (picture)

On Thursday (19th March 2015) the body of a rare shark was been found washed up on a Newquay beach. The Shark Trust said “Based on the position of the dorsal fin, it looks like a tope”.

Newquay Beachcombers posted a picture on Twitter (see below).

A rare shark believed to be almost five feet long was discovered washed up on a Newquay beach on Thursday.

The fearsome sea predator was found by Annabelle King as she walked along Porth beach.

Source: Cornish Guardian

Galeorhinus galeus is a houndshark of the family Triakidae, and the only member of the genus Galeorhinus. Common names include school shark, tope shark, soupfin shark, and snapper shark. It is found worldwide in temperate seas at depths down to about 800 metres (2,600 ft). It can grow to a length nearly 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) long. It feeds both in mid-water and near the seabed, and its reproduction is ovoviviparous. This shark is caught in fisheries for its flesh, its fins, and its liver, which has a very high vitamin A content. The IUCN has classified this species as “Vulnerable” in its Red List of Threatened Species. (Wikipedia)

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In the late 80s I started investigating UFOs and crop circles and joined the CCCS (Centre for Crop Circle Studies) and a local group researching strange sightings and reports along the south coast of Dorset (UK). In the early ’90s I started my own research group called SPS (Strange Phenomena Studies), this was renamed in 2004 to Cryptoworld.

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