Rare mako shark sighted at Pulau Mabul


SEMPORNA: An unusual encounter with a rare shortfin mako shark (pic) at Pulau Mabul provided an interesting year-end experience for Sylvian Kok and her friends.

The shark was sighted swimming beside the tourist boat that she and her friends were in near the Mabul Water Bungalows in Sabah’s popular diving paradise of Semporna.

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