A giant great white shark could be heading for the UK after taking a worrying wrong turn. The 17ft predator has become only the second in history to cross the Atlantic and could be headed straight for British shores - just in time for summer.
The 253 stone female shark Nukumi usually swims up and down the west coast of America and Canada. But in what has been called a highly unusual move, the 50-year-old matriarch – the largest ever tagged in the region by scientists who are monitoring her – took a swerve east, across the Atlantic.
Migratory species like great white sharks rarely cross the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a barrier in the middle of the ocean, but Nukumi took the turn earlier this month.
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