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oldrover Great Old One Joined: 18 Oct 2009 Total posts: 2146 Location: Wales Gender: Male |
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| I think I know what it is now, it's the remains of a thornback ray. |
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| rockandrose Grey Joined: 20 May 2009 Total posts: 7 Gender: Unknown |
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| oldrover Great Old One Joined: 18 Oct 2009 Total posts: 2146 Location: Wales Gender: Male |
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| And the first picture of a decaying ray ion that page comes from my home town too. |
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| jimv1 Great Old One Joined: 10 Aug 2005 Total posts: 2734 Gender: Male |
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First Mako shark caught in British waters....
| Quote: | Mako shark caught off Pembrokeshire by Julian Lewis Jones and crew
The fastest shark in the ocean - and a cousin of the Great White - has been caught by a crew fishing off the Pembrokeshire coast.
Actor Julian Lewis Jones, Bangor-born star of TV sitcom Stella, was among the team which pulled the 6ft (2m) mako out of the water near Milford Haven.
It is thought to be the first ever mako shark caught in Wales.
An average mako will grow up to 10ft (3m) in length.
Makos swim in excess of 30mph and can weigh up to 300lbs (135kg).
Jones - along with Andy Griffith, David Morris and Andrew Alsop - set off at 05:30 BST on Thursday for a day's fishing.
They were around 30 miles (50km) off the Milford Haven coast, and had already caught and released two blue sharks weighing 120lbs (55kg) each, when something in the blue water caught their eye.
"We saw this flash that whizzed passed the boat - it was a big white belly and it went so, so fast," said the actor.
"Next thing this shark leapt 15ft in the air about 20ft off the back of the stern of the boat.
"We all looked at each other and said 'that's a mako' and we knew the importance of it.
"This is something that you dream of."
Jones, who has appeared on angling programmes on Sky TV and Welsh-language channel S4C, said the team all worked together to bring in the shark which had been caught by Griffith.
"Mako sharks are aggressive and fast animals and they have been known to actually jump inside boats," said Jones.
"It was around 40 minutes before we had him on the side of the boat and he went a bit ballistic and you can't control it - it's a wild animal, it's like trying to control a rhino."
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