Tens of thousands of sharks gather near Florida beach – Picture

“It’s not unusual, but it’s great to see them”, shark biologist Stephan Kajiura from Florida Atlantic University told ABC News.

The blacktip sharks typically hang out in the region from January to the end of March and leap in and out of the water, similar to dolphins. He captured a video and posted it on the Internet.

Luckily, the sharks are relatively harmless. (He did and it went viral) And those are just the sharks in the video survey. “That was a gross underestimate”.

The sharks are now migrating south after getting what scientists say was a late start.

Kajiura said that the migration patterns of the blacktip reef shark appears to be changing based on the world’s warming weather. The shark species is known for more bites on humans than any other shark, but they bite when water is cloudier because they think a human hand is actually a fish, he explained. Also, he added it became part of the sharks’ winter sojourn.

Just metres out from shore in Palm Beach County are thousands of blacktip sharks.

“The interesting thing is these sharks are right up against the shoreline”.

“The blacktips in general, if you jump in the water, they’re going to take off. So the chances of being bitten are pretty small”, he said. “It looks like a lot when they’re all together” but in the summer they’ll move up near Virginia and spread out, he says. According to Dr. Kajiur, black tips are skittish and will usually scatter and swim away when approached. “They’re not out to get you, you’re not part of their diet, so you may as well go to the beach and enjoy the phenomenon”.

One of the photos researchers shared on Instagram shows a paddle boarder not too far away from the massive group of sharks. The vast majority of sharks are found from Palm Beach to the Jupiter Inlet area. “They’re moving further north to find their ideal temperature”.

However, the wildlife expert insists that the shark congregation near Palm Beach County is nothing to be alarmed about, since these marine predators which can reach up to 6 feet in length and more than 150 pounds in weight tend to be rather timid in the presence of humans, keeping at a safe distance from them.