UAE residents should not worry about sharks in the country's waters, an expert on the Arabian Gulf's marine life has said.
Dr Alec Moore says swimmers and snorkellers should be more concerned about the dangers posed by high-speed watercraft such as jet skis.
His comments came after a video of a shark off Dubai gained more than half a million views when it was posted this week by TikTok user MotorVisto.
The video appears to show a bronze whaler shark, according to Dr Moore, a lecturer in marine top predator conservation at Bangor University in the UK.
Dr Moore has carried out extensive fieldwork on shar
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