Fears shark attacks will increase around the world as global heatwave forces beasts to hunt closer to holiday beaches
It's not only more sharks in the shallows making Brits nervous - they can expect new arrivals of the Great White variety too
SHARK attacks may become more common as the global heatwave attracts the prehistoric predators to coastal waters.
The UK and some of Britain's favourite holiday hotspots have already seen examples of the shift, with multiple sightings in Majorca and off the coast of Cornwall.
And a Czech dad was killed in a shark attack on Friday while holidaying with his family at an Egyptian Red Sea resort popular with Brits.
His body was found on Marsa Alam beach, according to local media, with local officials warning people who swim on the surface in deep waters beyond the coral are "vulnerable to attack".
But it's not only increased numbers that might make Brits nervous to take a dip - we can expect some new arrivals in the coming years as well, according to a leading shark tracker.
British waters may become home to the likes of Hammerheads and Great Whites as they migrate from the Spanish Coast and Mediterranean, according to Dr Ken Collins, a former administrator of the UK Shark Tagging Programme.
The research suggested by 2050 sharks from Mediterranean could start appearing around British coastlines, with Cornwall likely to be a particular hotspot.
Brits may not have to wait that long however, with recent sightings suggesting timelines may be shorter.
In June scientists captured footage of the first official sighting of a Great White off the southern coast of Majorca in 30 years.
The scientists who filmed the huge 16.5ft "Jaws" near the holiday island said it followed rumours and multiple unconfirmed sightings in recent years.
There were also said to be aggressive Tiger Sharks and Bull Sharks in the region, but definitive sightings of the these have yet to be agreed upon.
As recently as last week a 10-foot Tintorera shark caused panic at a Majorcan beach.
The shark died after being retrieved from the water for treatment of a sting from a ray, suffered after the shark swam into the shallow water.
Larger herds of sharks have also been seen near Cornwall - proving a boon for one Cornwall company.
Charles Hood, who runs Blue Sharks Cornwall, recently pictured 20 sharks off the coast and said numbers had been increasing consistently in recent years.
This relationship between climate and shark behaviour is nothing new.
A paper published in Nature Climate Change in 2012 on sharks in the Pacific predicted breeds including the salmon shark, great white, blue and mako shark would all migrate northward by more than 600 miles of 100 years.
Since 1900, there have been more than 200 attacks in the Mediterranean and more than 50 people have lost their lives, but in reality attacks on humans remain rare.
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