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Seven dead baby sharks found on Ramsgate beach

By: Sean McPolin smcpolin@thekmgroup.co.uk

Published: 14:38, 20 June 2020

Updated: 14:40, 20 June 2020

Footage has emerged of a group of dead baby sharks a week after one was found on the same beach.

Chloe Tucker was walking her dog with her partner at Ramsgate beach on Sunday, June 14, when she discovered the sea creatures sprawled across the sand at around 6.30pm.

Video: Seven baby sharks were discovered on Ramsgate beach last week

It comes just under a week since another shark washed up on the same shore.

In total Chloe, of Oxford Street, Margate, found seven of the creatures, thought to be dog sharks, laid next to each other.

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The 20-year-old said: "We were walking along the rocks with out dogs and saw them dead in the water.

"There was a lot of them and they looked like baby dog sharks.

The shark, thought to be a smooth-hound, washed up on Ramsgate beach. Picture: Jan Dunn

"It was really weird, I've never seen anything like it before."

Last Monday another dog walker discovered what is believed to be a smooth-hound shark on the same beach.

Twitter user Jan Dunn posted a picture of the shark, which her dog had found on the rocks.

"Never seen one this big washed up before," she said. "Quite unusual."

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