Woah. That is a large apex predator. This great white shark was circling a fishing boat on the southwest coast of Western Australia in March and the video is just recently making the rounds. A group of fishermen – who paint the scene with some colorful language – apparently encountered this fish 30 miles from Dawesville in West Oz. The video was posted to a YouTube channel called Viral Hog (appropriate) and they told the hosts that it circled their boat about three times and they decided to leave the area when the shark went under the craft and they felt its giant body rub against the hull. They estimated the fish at six meters or almost 20 feet long. They’re gonna need a bigger boat.
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