Terrified children run for their lives after seeing a dorsal fin

2023-06-22

‘Run, shark!’ Terrified children run for their lives after seeing a dorsal fin emerging in shallow waters before sea starts to churn in Malta resort – but not all is as it seems

Video shows youngsters screaming ‘shark’ while sprinting away from thrashing sea creature

Terrified children ran for their lives and screamed ‘shark’ after they saw a dorsal fin emerging in the shallow waters at a holiday resort in Malta – but not everything was as it seemed.

Video shows youngsters screaming and sprinting away from what they thought was a terrifying predator, with one shouting: ‘Oh my god, run! Shark!’

Four children can be seen racing down an inflatable walkway at Mellieha Bay, on the northern coast of Malta, as the creature thrashed about in the shallow waters and swam towards them.

The sea began to churn with the force of the animal’s sharp movements as a lifeguard blew on a whistle and shouted at tourists to get out of the water.

But not everything was as it seemed – and locals quickly realised that what the tourists had initially thought was a shark was in fact a large tuna fish.

Video shows tourists, believed to be Britons, screaming and sprinting away from what they thought was a terrifying predator, with one shouting: ‘Oh my god, run! Shark!’

The sea began to churn with the force of the animal’s sharp movements as a lifeguard can be heard blowing on a whistle in the background and shouting at tourists to get out of the water

One man could be heard saying, ‘tuna, tuna’ to the terrified tourists after he had a closer look at the agitated fish, which nearly got stuck in the shallow waters of the bay before swimming away from the beach.

Later, it emerged that the bluefin tuna had died after becoming stuck on a shallow rocky part of the nearby shore, reports Lovin Malta.

It had been thrashing about in the shallow waters when it fatally injured itself on the sharp rocks.

Holidaymakers had tried in vain to help get the tuna away from the rocks but it died of a series of injuries.

Video shows the tuna lying motionless in the shallow waters as tourists brought it to shore. The images show how the rocks had punctured the tuna’s body, leaving the fish with a series of bloodied cuts.

Later, it emerged that the bluefin tuna had died after becoming stuck on a shallow rocky part of the nearby shore

It is unclear where the large tuna came from, with local media speculating that it might have escaped from a nearby fish farm.

Malta’s five tuna farms receive around a quarter of all Eastern Atlantic bluefin tuna caught in the world every year.

The bluefin is the largest type of tuna in the world, measuring between six and 10 feet. They can weigh up to 1,500 pounds and live for 35 years on average.

They are predators, seeking out schools of fish such as herring, mackerel and eels.

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