Video: Kayakers visited by basking shark
by TheDorsalFin on Dec.01, 2010 at 11:18 am, under Shark Videos
YouTube user greatoutdoorsdublin recently posted the above video of a basking shark feeding among a group of kayakers. While most of the kayakers seem to appreciate the visit, one of them (identified as Eileen in the video information) can be heard expressing her apparent lack of enjoyment about it all.
Eileen’s worries are fortunately unnecessary as the basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus), despite its size, is a filter feeder and is relatively harmless to just about everything other than plankton.
December 3rd, 2010 on 2:41 am
What a great encounter. And pretty good video considering the circumstances.