Researchers claim they obtained first-ever video of shark being struck by boat 

Footage of the shark being struck by the boat can be viewed in the video player above.

Scientists with Oregon State University tracking sharks in the Atlantic Ocean say they have the first-ever video of a shark being hit by a boat. 

Back in April, researchers with OSU’s Hatfield Marine Science Center tagged a basking shark – the second largest known fish in the ocean after the whale shark – off the coast of County Kerry, Ireland. 

Just hours after marine life experts tagged the shark with an activity measurement device and camera “similar to a FitBit,” the female shark – said to be about 23 feet long – collided with a boat, as seen in the footage when the camera begins to tumble due to the force of the crash. The owner and operator of the vessel are not known. 

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