May 19, 2024

Athens News

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A 3.5 meter long shark was spotted in the port of Volos


On Easter, something strange happened in the city of Volos. According to thenewspaper.gr, the administration of the Central Port of Volos asked for help from the Submariner Unit – the special forces of the Greek Navy.

And volunteer rescuers arrived at the scene. As it turned out, there was a fish stuck in the storm drain. Together, we managed to grab it by the tail and pull the sea creature out of the pipe. “Our Easter good deed,” Vasilis Iliopoulos, vice president of the Submariner Division, wrote in his post.

Sharks are not uncommon in the seas surrounding Greece. Behind for 161 years total observations recorded in Greece 14 attacks and 11 deaths. At the same time, Greek fishermen do not miss the opportunity to make shark their prey, regularly catching sea predators and proving the indisputable fact that The main predator on earth is man.

A 3-meter shark was also caught in Patras last year.



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