baskin shark footage
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00:00an incredible and rare si
00:03would never think to enco
00:06a massive shark near Salt
00:10I was just sitting there
00:15hanging out in the water
00:17and um then I saw a fin a
00:22surprised kelly galant al
00:24Nick were out on their fo
00:27expedition when she saw a
00:30shark. I kind of was try
00:35because it was such a coo
00:38also I had my camera. The
00:43shows the size and magic
00:46shark. Even kelly's husba
00:48what she saw. So she came
00:51that she'd seen a basking
00:53said no you didn't, you s
00:56are identified easily by
00:59and despite its size and
01:02is harmless to humans. It
01:05plankton and are consider
01:08of BC's biodiversity and
01:11sharks. The slaughter of
01:14says this encounter provi
01:17species. Realistically, t
01:19bleak. But when you see t
01:22the sign of hope, you kno
01:26that nature does things t
01:29The basking sharks contin
01:31survival. An eradication
01:34which involved a special
01:37of vessels that would sli
01:39to kill them from 1955 to
01:44that up to 90% of the bas
01:47It's estimated that there
01:50550 of the sharks living
01:54in B. C. There are only 2
01:57in B. C. Each year for th
02:00that sighting that these
02:02for the best possible rec
02:05species. So if you give n
02:07will come back. It doesn'
02:10just needs to be given a
02:12really beautiful experien
02:15and um just to always be
02:20friends out there. These
02:24to be a high for those th
02:27But it could also be imper
02:30of the species. You think
02:31Oh, it's rare. You know,
02:34it and send it into Depart
02:36and Oceans. They have a s
02:37or just ask a marine biol
02:39what is this? And you kno
02:41something very rare and y
02:42you're that person encount
02:44of Fisheries and Oceans a
02:47and are excited about the
02:50into it further and will
02:52about what this means for