A RARE shark with 100 razor-sharp teeth has been found off a tourist beach.
The scary-looking 17½st beast — more than 10ft long — was spotted by fisherman Barry Trevett as he reeled in his catch off Lyme Regis, Dorset.
A large smalltooth sand tiger shark, was picked up by fisherman Barry Trevett, off the coast of Dorset
The fearsome beast was over 10ft-long and weighed 250lbs
Shocked Barry, 40, said: “It was dead, floating under the surface a few miles out. My boat is only seven metres, and it was half the length.
“I quickly realised it’s a shark that isn’t meant to be in our waters.
“It’s a shark more native to Australia and Africa. I’ve never come across something like it.
“I phoned my brother and joked, ‘Just when you think it’s safe to go back in the water!’ As a lover of the ocean, I was in complete amazement to see such a magnificent creature — but saddened it was dead.”
Barry, of Sidmouth, Devon, said the smalltooth sand tiger shark looked to have died from natural causes.
It is the third found off the British Isles in two months, leading experts to believe they could be spreading into our warming waters.
In March a smaller one washed up on Lepe Beach, Hants — thought to be the first of the docile species ever recorded in Britain.
Its head was removed by a trophy hunter.
A few weeks later another washed up in Co Wexford, Ireland — the first recorded in that country.
Barry reported his find to the Zoological Society London and kept it in his refrigerated van for two days until experts collected it last night for examination.
Barry’s shark is the third found off the British Isles in two months
