‘Incredibly rare’ 10ft swordfish spotted in UK waters

‘Incredibly rare’ 10ft swordfish spotted in UK waters

Source: metro

8/30/2022

Credit: BNPS

A swordfish has been spotted in British waters in a sighting so rare there are thought to have only ever been five.

The three-metre long fish, famous for its long pointed bill, was filmed in the sea five miles off the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea.

Conservationists from the Manx Whale and Dolphin Watch charity were out on a boat carrying out a survey of sea mammals when they saw the unusual shape in the water.

They switched the boat engines off and the animal came closer towards them.

Swordfish are typically found in the warmer waters of the mid-Atlantic, Pacific and the Mediterranean.

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