Nature wardens were ‘astonished’ to come across 50 sharks swimming in tidal waters in West Sussex this week, with the group saying it was an ‘unprecedented’ amount of the creatures in the area.
But, before anyone starts to panic, there's nothing scary about these five-foot long sharks - because they're toothless.
The smooth-hound sharks are often found in coastal waters, but it is unusual to find them in such shallow circumstances, as they were this week.
RSPB wardens came across the discovery while on patrol near the Medmerry wildlife site near Selsey.
Warden Peter Hughes said: ‘It was astonishing. There were just these huge fish everywhere in knee deep water.’
‘We assume they were coming to to feed on the crabs and other marine life that have made their home at Medmerry.’
‘We knew in time that (this) was going to be a great place for wildlife, but I don’t think anyone expected this!’
Smooth hounds can grow up to 5ft 3 inches long and regularly come close to shore, to feast on crabs and other tasty invertebrates.
But, because of this, they are sadly often caught by anglers from the shore.