Is a great white shark heading for BRITAIN? Killer fish spotted just 1,000 miles off the Cornish coast - and it could arrive in 3 DAYS

They are the undisputed predators of the ocean, armed with razor-sharp teeth, capable of reaching speeds of 35mph - and now a great white shark could be headed towards Britain.
A ferocious predator - called Lydia - is currently just 1,000 miles of the coast of Cornwall and Ireland in the Atlantic.
And if she continues on her path, the 14.5ft, 2,000lb beast could arrive in British waters by Monday, which would make her the first great white to cross the Atlantic.

She was tagged as part of the Ocearch project, which aims to monitor sharks to learn more about their movements and Lydia’s progress can be followed on the project’s website.

She has swum more than 19,000 miles since a tracking device was fitted to her near Florida as part of the Ocearch scientific project.
She is currently near the mid-Atlantic ridge and researchers tracking her progress said she has travelled 380miles in just 72 hours.

 

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'She technically does not cross the Atlantic until she crosses the mid-Atlantic ridge, which she has yet to do,’ said Dr Gregory Skomal, senior fisheries biologist with Massachusetts Marine Fisheries.
He believes she is closer to Europe than North America.