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By Alexander Greensmith
TWO COPPER sharks surfing the waves less than sixty-five feet from a popular Australian beach shows just how dangerous surfing Down Under can be for humans.
Unbelievable photos showed the 370-pound copper sharks as they swam up and down with the motion of the ocean.
Another image captured the mammals, who can swim at speeds of up to 35 miles-per-hour, looking as though they were swimming behind what looks like a glass wall as they caught an incredible eight-foot wave.
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The wave-riding beasts were captured by professional photographer Sean Scott (43) from Burleigh Heads, Australia. He used a Canon EOS 5D with a 100-400mm lens to shoot the sharks off Red Bluff Beach, Australia. The encounter lasted for two hours where the father-of-three happily snapped in amazement from 200-feet away.
“This was one of the most incredible wildlife encounters I’ve had,” said Sean.
“A lot of people try and tell me the shot was fake, but I hope this sets the record straight. I’ve never shared all these images before.
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“It just shows how close these sharks came to go over the falls. They ended up getting barrelled.”
Red Bluff is a coastal camping site in Western Australia. Some of the world’s best surfers visit between May and August every year for the waves which range from one-foot to eight-feet in height.
Also known as the Bronze whaler shark, copper sharks are in the top 10 sharks most commonly implicated in unprovoked attacks on humans, with a total of 15 incidents since records began in the 16th century. However, only one fatality has ever been recorded worldwide, according to data from the Florida Museum.
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The most recent incident involving these sharks was on July 16, 2020, when Anika Craney (29) got bitten by a six-and-a-half-pound bronze whaler shark while swimming at Fitzroy Island near Cairns, Queensland.
“There was roughly three-hundred sharks sighted in total. It was a feeding frenzy,” Sean added.
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“Sharks are beautiful creatures. I found this one particular encounter fascinating; they were only interested in eating the bait fish.
“There were human surfers and body boarders close-by and they’d swim up to check them out but weren’t interested in them, the sharks were just keeping their bellies full of fish.”