CARE home residents have been celebrating Shark Week with a variety of themed games and activities.
Hazelgrove Court Care Home, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, were inspired by the Discovery Channel’s 32nd annual Shark Week to mark the occasion.
As part of the week, residents have been watching real sharks on webcam live streams, taken a virtual ride on a Jaws theme park ride, took photos in a shark puppet bubble and raised money for the Marine Conservation Society’s Save our Sharks campaign.
People have also been telling stories about their personal close encounters with sharks – including great whites.
Michael Sellers, 75, was captain of a tanker for 25 years, from 1976 to 2001, when he came face-to-face with the most infamous shark species.
He said: “I was in Australia. After being in port, we took a launch back to the ship when a great white bumped us as it swam under the boat. Needless to say, I was relieved to get onto the bigger ship.”
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