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    Wild video shows 5 giant sharks surrounding couple’s boat off Massachusetts coast

    By Natalie O'Neill,

    1 day ago

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    They’re gonna need a bigger boat.

    A couple lobster fishing off the coast of Massachusetts spotted five enormous sharks surrounding their boat — all frighteningly larger than the vessel itself.

    Perry and Carmel Long were cruising in their 18-foot boat near Westport on June 9 when they spotted a 25-foot shark lurking below the ocean’s surface and began filming while discussing whether it might be a whale.

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    A Massachusetts couple spotted five 25-foot basking sharks surrounding their boat. Perry Long via Storyful

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    “Oh my God, that is a frickin’ shark!” Carmel Long can be heard yelling, as the shark’s fin pops out of the water.

    Five more of the massive man-eaters — all roughly the same size — then appeared close to the boat for roughly 20 minutes, they told The Patriot Ledger .

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    “They were just swimming around us. They were inches away from our boat,” said Perry Long, adding they were likely plant-munching basking sharks.

    The couple had been trying to catch lobsters in pots when they unwittingly sunk their teeth into the scary side of marine life.

    “We have a recreational 10-pot lobster license, so my family and I for years now have put our pots out at the beginning of the summer season and go out every 3 to 5 days to check and see if we have any lobsters,” Perry Long told the outlet.

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    Perry and Carmel Long were on their 18-foot fishing boat when they spotted the massive man-eaters. Perry Long via Storyful
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    Five more of the massive man-eaters — all roughly the same size — then appeared close to the boat for roughly 20 minutes, they told The Patriot Ledger. Perry Long via Storyful

    “We’ve seen some smaller sharks over the years further out but this was the first time we saw something like this,” he said.

    Basking sharks, which can grow over 40 feet, feed exclusively zooplankton.

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