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Something is killing porpoise and seals off the Norfolk coast. Recent attacks leave large bite marks and chunks taken out of two victims. One at Hemsby another at Horsey. There has been others in the recent past and they are no longer being put down to ships propellers as a cause.
I like my summer swim in the sea, should i think twice about it this year?
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Jamesw82
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Nothing at all to worry about im sure!
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funkychick
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No I wouldnt worry yourself Malcolm
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Jamesw82
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I saw the article in todays EDP and the bite marks are pretty small so a small shark that normally occurs in the north sea cant think what it maybe called, is probably responsible. Certainly not a killer whale or great white shark as there would be nothing left of the porpoises found.
A few weeks a ago there was 'half' a porpoise on the tideline on Gunton Beach.
Be careful Malcolm dont want too many reports of 'beached whales' this summer 
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funkychick
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is that porbeagle or basking shark James
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Jamesw82
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Porbeagle possibly, basking sharks despite their size have no teeth as they feed on plankton.
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funkychick
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Thats true,- was just trying to think of some names found round our shores
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My friend last summer saw through his telescope a Thresher shark leaping out of the water off Kessingland, never seen anything like it in his life and probably never will again! Im not sure what water temperatures sharks like, at this time of the year the North Sea is very cold.
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funkychick
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That would have been a one off wonderful sight James
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I like my summer swim in the sea, should i think twice about it this year?
Of course it's safe, Malcolm. Nothing to worry about whatsoever . . .
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malcolm
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I like it Trigger.
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I saw it when I was looking for something else (story of my life!) - and couldn't resist it!
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......but it is safe big fish doest c a t c h little fish just playing Mum
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From the Journal:
"Killer shark fears as dead porpoise is found near Southwold"
THE discovery of dead porpoises on the beach at Covehithe has fuelled speculation that sharks or a killer whale could be feeding off the east coast.
This week it emerged that the bodies of two porpoises with bite marks had been found washed up on the Norfolk coast at Horsey and neighbouring Winterton on consecutive days last month. Yesterday, beachcombers came forward with photographs showing porpoises with similar injuries which were found at Covehithe and at Overstrand near Cromer. All four of the bodies found were washed up within the space of about a month.
National shark expert Dr Ken Collins, who runs a shark-tagging programme at the University of Southampton, examined the image of the porpoise found at Covehithe by Mike Baker, from Lowestoft, and confirmed it appeared it had been bitten by a shark. He said: “There is no obvious damage of the kind that occurs if a porpoise has been caught up in fishing gear. It is not clear whether it was killed by a shark or a shark was scavenging on a dead porpoise.”
Dr Collins, who had previously confirmed likely shark bite marks on the Horsey porpoise, said it would not have to be a large shark, as a porpoise was only the size of an alsatian. However, he said it was perfectly feasible for a great white shark to be found in our waters, although he admitted that the possibility would be a “lightning strike”.
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malcolm
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I am noy saying i told you so. Oh yes i am.. Last in the water buys the beer.
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i asked guy at natural history museum few years back about sharks in north sea because turtles had been seen off coast and where turtle is shark not far behind.Guy said big sharks proberly been swiming around for years IN north sea no one notice,and now with global warming and over fishing that now these poor animals just following food.
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malcolm
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We gonna have to get a bigger boat.
Book and Film 
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Don't want to worry you Malcolm - but . . . .
Warm Weather Brings Early Shark Sightings
Four men on a mackerel fishing trip were "amazed" to see an early sighting of basking sharks within metres of their boat in Donegal Bay.
Local fisherman Brian Smith was returning to Killybegs harbour on Tuesday afternoon with his group when they noticed some unusual activity in the water. Mr Smith told Sky News: "There were four of us out on the boat fishing in Donegal Bay, fishing for mackerel, when an 18ft (5.4m) basking shark appeared near the boat. We saw the fins coming up first and it was splashing about the surface. It just swam near the boat, metres away from us. We pulled out the cameras and started taking photos and filming it. It was an amazing sight to be so close to such an amazing creature. We saw about 20 basking sharks that day. I have never seen so many at this time of year. You don't usually see them until later in May time. On Monday, there were six basking sharks at Fintra beach, too - locals could see them from the shore. It was amazing," he said.
It is thought the sharks are being lured by plankton which has bloomed early because of the warm weather. The gentle giant is the largest fish to be found in the coastal waters of the British Isles.
Measuring anything up to 39ft (12m) long, and weighing up to 7 tonnes, it feeds on animal plankton. During the summer months, it favours Cornish, Devon, Manx, Irish and Scottish waters as its regular feeding grounds.
In the UK, the first official basking shark sighting for 2011 was recorded by scuba divers at Roskilly Beach, Newlyn, in Cornwall, on March 20, according to The Wildlife Trusts. The Trust says reports of sightings usually start in May. However, research has shown an observed shift in the distribution of sightings of basking sharks in recent years, which may also be due to the rising sea temperatures caused by climate change.
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