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08-02-2016, 02:09 PM
Watch this oddly serene drone footage of basking sharks in Scotland
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Sharks get a bad rap for being the meanest creatures in the sea, but these supposed murderous man-eaters are actually a beautifully diverse and fascinating group.*
SEE ALSO: Gorgeous drone footage captures couple ***'ing in a church steeple (http://mashable.com/2016/06/30/drone-***-chruch-caught/)
Among them, the slow-moving basking shark gets its name from its tendency to drift lazily near the ocean's surface to feed on plankton (http://baskingsharkscotland.co.uk/baskingsharkinformation/), attracting a fair stream of curious onlookers to the Scottish coast during late spring and summer when they can most often be spotted in the region.*
Basking sharks are the largest fish to swim in UK waters (http://www.sharktrust.org/en/basking_shark_project) and the second largest in the world, reaching lengths of up to 12 meters. Previously hunted in Britain for their liver oil, meat, and fins, the basking shark is **w protected by the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/02/basking-sharks-in-scotland/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Coast (http://mashable.com/category/coast/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Footage (http://mashable.com/category/footage/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Drone (http://mashable.com/category/drone/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Uk (http://mashable.com/category/uk/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Scotland (http://mashable.com/category/scotland/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/K4uxzXX5Kfo
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Sharks get a bad rap for being the meanest creatures in the sea, but these supposed murderous man-eaters are actually a beautifully diverse and fascinating group.*
SEE ALSO: Gorgeous drone footage captures couple ***'ing in a church steeple (http://mashable.com/2016/06/30/drone-***-chruch-caught/)
Among them, the slow-moving basking shark gets its name from its tendency to drift lazily near the ocean's surface to feed on plankton (http://baskingsharkscotland.co.uk/baskingsharkinformation/), attracting a fair stream of curious onlookers to the Scottish coast during late spring and summer when they can most often be spotted in the region.*
Basking sharks are the largest fish to swim in UK waters (http://www.sharktrust.org/en/basking_shark_project) and the second largest in the world, reaching lengths of up to 12 meters. Previously hunted in Britain for their liver oil, meat, and fins, the basking shark is **w protected by the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/02/basking-sharks-in-scotland/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Coast (http://mashable.com/category/coast/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Footage (http://mashable.com/category/footage/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Drone (http://mashable.com/category/drone/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Uk (http://mashable.com/category/uk/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Scotland (http://mashable.com/category/scotland/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/K4uxzXX5Kfo