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Basking sharks are something special. Bill Oddie watches one from a boat. It is the second biggest fish in the sea, and its closest relative is the great white shark, but it is a totally harmless plankton eater. Nobody knows where they go in winter, but in July you can see them off the coast of Cornwall.
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