A sheriff's workplace in Florida has launched aerial video of shark-infested waters off the Gulf Coast, warning the general public to "concentrate on the risks beneath the water."
The video taken by the Pasco Sheriff's Workplace's aviation unit confirmed dozens of sharks swimming close to the Anclote Sandbar and Anclote Island, north of Tampa.
"A day within the water is a enjoyable method to beat our Florida warmth, but it surely's essential to concentrate on the risks beneath the water in addition to above," the sheriff's workplace wrote.
The Anclote Key Protect State Park is dwelling to bull sharks, blacktip sharks, nursesharks, lemon sharks, bonnethead sharks and nice hammerheads, the Florida Division of Environmental Safety mentioned in a 2014 report.
The sheriff's workplace didn't establish the kind of sharks within the aerial video however they seem to resemble blacktip sharks, which had been captured on drone video final 12 months off Florida close to Singer Island.
Atlantic blacktip sharks are torpedo-shaped grey or gray-brownish creatures with white bellies, and might attain as much as 6 toes in size. Their dorsal, pectoral and tail fins have black ideas, based on the Nationwide Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
To mark Nationwide Water Security Month, the sheriff's workplace urged the general public to "be cautious of your environment; be taught to swim and all the time swim with a buddy; preserve a totally charged telephone and first assist equipment shut by for emergencies; and by no means go away kids unattended in or close to water."
Final 12 months, a police dive crew coaching off the coast of Sarasota, Florida captured video of blacktip and reef sharks rounding up lots of of fish.