See the footage of the Adriatic monster: Matej thought it was a dolphin, then a 7-meter shark surfaced!
Matej Njavro, a spearfisherman from Pula, had a once-in-a-lifetime encounter in the Adriatic last Saturday! Only about thirty meters away from him, off Muzil, he spotted a sea giant - a basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus), the second largest fish species in the world, reports Morski.
TL;DR
- Spearfisherman Matej Njavro encountered a basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) in the Adriatic Sea near Pula.
- The shark, estimated to be over seven meters long, was observed feeding peacefully on plankton.
- Njavro filmed the encounter and managed to briefly touch the shark's tail.
- Basking sharks are a strictly protected and harmless species, feeding by filtering the sea.