US: caught a giant 550 pound thresher shark

The past week angler Robbie Maillat and his fishing buddies unloaded a 550 pound - 249 kilos thresher shark  in Oceanside, California,

A photo of the catch was posted Friday on Instagram, by fishing writer Joe Sarmiento. It shows the 20-foot shark hanging upside down, with its remarkably long tail fin curved in an arc.

In fact, it was just a very large thresher shark, falling 25 pounds shy of the California record and 217 pounds shy of the world record.



The largest shark to be pulled ashore in California is said to have been a mako shark that was caught in June 2013.

That shark weighed a massive 1,323 pounds - 599.5 kilos, and was caught off Huntington Beach

VIDEO: Amazing footage of thresher shark in action

Thresher shark has its particular tail to kill small fishes or squids. This kind of shark has surely has one of the most dangerous tails in the ocean.

This is a very cool video showing different thresher sharks whipping their tails forward to stun prey, that they then turn and eat.

Thresher shark  has evolved a deadly hunting tactic to kill its prey with its tail. Amazing footage in blue, blue water.

VIDEO: Thresher shark hunt sardines with its tail

This great underwater video shows how thresher shark use tail slaps as a hunting strategy.

This shark was filmed underwater in Pescador Island when a big shoal of sardines was present.
This is the scientifically proof that Thresher shark really use their tails to hunt prey.
Here below the video: