A high-rise resident captures footage of sharks circling in the Brisbane River from the 22nd floor.
in Queensland's south-east and swim as far up the Brisbane River as Ipswich.
This week, Paul Baleeiro captured up to 20 bull sharks circling from his 22nd floor riverside apartment, in the city's centre. "I've heard from other people in my building saying that they've seen them before, and I always wanted to see but I thought that the river was a bit muddy to spot them," he said.It's fantastic footage, but not an unusual occurrence, according to Bonnie Holmes, a lecturer in shark ecology at the University of the Sunshine Coast.
"These guys are there all the time. It's just that, in this particular instance, they've become a little more visible," she said. "Given that people live in high-rises now and everyone's got a phone or a camera, we're capturing more of these images ... to show people that we do share our waterways and our local areas with these marvellous creatures."
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