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A second shark has been spotted by the Spanish coastline – sparking fears for locals and tourists in the area.
On Thursday, beach-goers were filmed running to safety through waist-high water as a seven-foot tintorera – or blue shark – approached them off Aguamarina Beach in Orihuela Costa south of Alicante.
Today, footage emerged of another shark, also described as a tintorera, in the water inside Ciutadella Port in Menorca.
Its early-morning appearance so close to the shoreline sparked speculation it could be injured.
The shark was filmed scarily close to the shoreline (Picture: SOLARPIX.COM)
A seagull was filmed perched on top of the shark as the waves lapped over it at La Caleta Beach in Cabo Roig.
Biologist Juan Antonio Pujol told a local paper: ‘Coming across something like this when you’re swimming in the water makes an impression but you should stay calm because they’re not aggressive.’
A video of it gliding through the water coincided with news the shark sighted at Aguamarina Beach had been found dead a couple of miles north.
Last week Russian tourist Vladimir Popov, 23, was filmed being attacked by a tiger shark and dragged underwater off the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Hurghada.
His body parts were later recovered from inside the predator’s belly after it was clubbed to death by beachgoers.
In Spain, a blue shark was blamed for an attack on a holidaymaker in Elche near Alicante in July 2016.
The 40-year-old victim was rushed to hospital and given stitches to a wound in his hand.
What is a blue shark?
Blue sharks are curious, open-ocean predators that live throughout the global ocean, from the tropics to cold temperate waters.
It has serrated teeth and usually eats fish and cephalopods such as squid – they very rarely attack humans.
Although generally lethargic, they can move very quickly.
First aiders described the bite as ‘large’ and said he had come out of the sea with blood streaming from the injury.
In August 2018 tourists fled the sea in panic after a blue shark, among the most common in Spain, appeared off the packed Majorcan beach of Calas de Majorca on the island’s east coast.
In April a near seven-foot shark also believed to be a tintorera was filmed in the surf on the southeast coast of Majorca at a nearby beach called Cala Llombards.
The footage of it in shallow water showed it was obviously disorientated.
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Its early-morning appearance so close to the shoreline sparked speculation it could be injured.