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(12-10-2019, 01:23 AM)Shadow Wrote: My main point in this discussion is, that when someone wants to claim, that there is a world record individual (and by far!) of any species noticed somewhere, but there is not a single one expert of that species saying anything.... double check, triple check and use some time with sources. Youtube is full of videos with fancy headlines with no connection to reality. Some newspapers/medias also publish articles without paying too much attention if they get just some clicks.
No one is claiming it as a world record, the fisherman were simply estimating it's size.
Point is, that 25-30 feet would be a world record if great white shark and by far. That alone should ring some bells when finding that kind of videos. It was said, that this shark was "reported" while in reality it was just some sensational headlines, no real reports about anything.