Ooh thanks Sophie. Why hello @DailyMirror! Some fun facts for you:
- Basking sharks eat an animal about the size of a garden pea
-They have a REALLY TINY throat, so even if somehow you got in their mouth, they CAN& #39;T physically swallow you https://twitter.com/sophiepavs/status/1387671303067521024">https://twitter.com/sophiepav...
- The likelihood of you getting in the mouth is VERY slim, given they can sense miniscule plankton from miles away in an enormous ocean. You& #39;d actually have to try pretty hard
- Their brain is about 10cm in size so...not much cunning, man-eating thoughts going on
- Humans actually almost drove basking sharks to extinction. We hunted them for their oil-rich livers, and because they are so slow and gentle were able to take 1000s in a year. That& #39;s just in the UK.
So, in conclusion, they should be terrified of us. Not the other way round.
Please, before you write sensationalist headlines, do some research, as it& #39;s actually pretty damaging to marine conservation and the protection of endangered species. Cheers, loves
Oh! Before I go, I fixed it:
"Basking shark TERRIFIED by non-aquatic mammal on weird floating device" - & #39;I& #39;m just filtering plankton with my sieve mouth, as you do, when this THING approaches. My pops was murdered for his liver and fins so, close call!& #39; (Brian the basking shark)
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