A shark has been spotted off the Spanish coastline in the third sighting in less than a week.
A group of fishermen were left stunned after reeling in the huge animal near Puerto Pollensa, Majorca, last weekend.
Footage shows the shark dipping its snout in and out of the water as it comes towards their boat, then slightly thrashing while attached to the fishing line.
At one point, a man stood near the edge of the vessel reaches out to detach the sea creature, then bravely pats its fin and sends it on its way.
The animal is believed to be a six-gilled, flat-toothed reef shark, more simply known as cow sharks.
They feed on fish and are generally harmless, but may become aggressive if provoked.
However, the sighting is an unusual one because they are usually found in deep water, resting at depths of up to 6,500 feet.
The clip was filmed during the daytime, despite cow sharks normally moving closer to the surface to feed during the night.
The fishermen decided to turn off the engine to avoid scaring the shark away, reports the Majorca Daily Bulletin.
It comes after another shark was spotted off the Spanish coastline at Aguamarina Beach, south of Alicante, on Thursday morning.
One elderly lady is said to have suffered a panic attack at the scene after realising the shark was beside her, and was seen being helped out of the sea by others.
Initial local reports pointed to that creature being a blue shark about seven-foot long.
While shark-human encounters are not usually a major problem at resort towns in Spain, a few hair-raising incidents have been witnessed over recent years.
On Friday, footage emerged of another shark, also described as a tintorera, in the water inside Ciutadella Port in Menorca.
Its early-morning appearance so close to the shoreline sparked speculation it could be injured.
A video of it gliding through the water coincided with news that the shark sighted at Aguamarina Beach had been found dead a couple of miles north.
A local weather webpage, which posted footage of the tintorera on its side in the sea by rocks close to a strip of sand where people were sunbathing, said: “The seven-foot shark that approached the shoreline has died.”
A seagull was filmed standing on top of the shark as the waves lapped over it at La Caleta Beach in Cabo Roig.
Biologist Juan Antonio Pujol told a local paper: "Coming across something like this when you're swimming in the water makes an impression but you should stay calm because they’re not aggressive."
Back in 2016, a blue shark was blamed for an attack on a holidaymaker further down the coast in Elche, near Alicante.
The 40-year-old victim was rushed to hospital and given stitches to a wound in his hand.
First aiders described the bite as “large” and said he had come out of the sea with blood streaming from the injury.
Another incident in 2018 saw tourists run in panic after a blue shark, among the most common in Spain, appeared off the packed Majorcan beach of Calas de Majorca on the island’s east coast.
