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Sharks in Greece? Great white shark on isle of Samos

Who says there are no sharks in Greek waters?

Newsroom August 10 02:20

Two bathers at Agios Nikolaos Beach on the isle of Samos rushed out of the beach in fear claiming that they had seen a shark. It turns out that they had indeed…

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Over the last 161 years there are 14 documented shark attacks in Greek waters of which 11 have been fatal says Simos Nalbadoglu of the Active Sports Academy. In fact there are 47 types of sharks that have been documented in Greek waters.

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