Shark attack fears sparked in Kent by porpoise found with large ‘bite marks’ – but is all as it seems?
Pictures show what appear to be teeth marks around a giant chunk that has been ripped out of the dead mammal
SHARK fears have been sparked after a porpoise washed up on a Kent beach bearing what appear to the bite marks of huge predator - but is all as it seems?
Pictures show what appear to be teeth marks around a giant chunk that has been ripped out of the dead mammal prompting concerns a shark could have ventured into UK waters.
Dad-of-four Anthony Thurman-Newell, 42, discovered the animal with a ten inch gash torn away on Rotunda Beach in Folkestone, Kent, on Sunday.
It is an area where locals swim and kayak all year round.
Anthony, who lives with wife Julie, in nearby Broadstairs, said: “This was some beast not native to UK waters that did this.
"The wound clearly suggests it has been done by a sharp nosed shark. It is most likely a little great white, and it must be close.