(Photo By: Jack Guez/AFP)
By: AFP - April 20, 2021
Dozens of sharks gathered Tuesday in warm waters of the Mediterranean near an Israeli power plant, drawing sightseers in what has become an annual occurrence.
The sharks’ fins sliced through the swallow waters just meters away from bathers eager to take photos of them near the city of Hadera.
Sandbar and dusky sharks, which are known to frequent the waters, can grow up to three meters (10 feet) in length.
The sharks gather each year near where the power plant’s hot water outlet gushes into the Mediterranean Sea.
The Israel Nature and Parks Authority warned both amateur and professional divers against swimming with the creatures.
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