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Big tiger shark puts on a show for fishos in Darwin Harbour

VIDEO: A TERRITORY tour guide has joked about ‘flossing the teeth’ of a big shark that thrashed around in Darwin Harbour.

A still from the YouTube video
A still from the YouTube video

A TERRITORY tour guide has joked about ‘flossing the teeth’ of a big shark that has thrashed around behind the back of his boat in Darwin Harbour.

The shark - identified by the boat crew as a tiger - was estimated to be more than 3m long.

Rob Marchant was the skipper of the Darwin Fishing Office tour boat.

“Flossing my pet tiger shark teeth,” Mr Marchant joked, as the shark toyed with a baited line behind the boat.

Gary Palmer was also in the boat when the shark turned up and put on a show...

WATCH the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HITmikqjUxI

“A good reason to not to go for a paddle in the Darwin, NT ocean!”

You are not wrong there, Rob!

Original URL: https://www.ntnews.com.au/lifestyle/fishing/big-tiger-shark-puts-on-a-show-for-fishos-in-darwin-harbour/news-story/bdfa9f63e464f9d47c4f342e20028dc4