Swimmer 'circled by dozens of sharks' during charity swim off Poole coast

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He counted as many as 50, saying 'there were all these eyes staring at us'.

A man found himself surrounded by as many as 50 sharks while swimming in the sea inOly Rush, 36, who is aiming to break the world record for the fastest swim around the Isle of Wight, set off from the glamorous Sandbanks peninsula for a training dip.

Bravely, he dived under the water while his friend Ashley McPherson, who accompanied him in a kayak, shone a torch. The sharks continued to circle Oly for 15 minutes, nibbling at his hands and feet which were not covered by a wet suit., a shallow water species common to UK waters which can grow to 4ft long.To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser thatHe said: ‘Before we set off I had joked about being attacked by sharks and we were laughing about it.

 

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Shock horror Sharks found in the sea, who would've thought haha its hardly newsworthy, humans have been invading sharks homes for centuries, if he'd have been eaten then it wouldn't be the sharks fault.

Gotta be climate change. It's go gotta be surely. If this ain't cause to to decarbonise by 2030 I don't know what is? 😶

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