Officials say a great white shark has died after it was spotted struggling in shallow water in Cape Cod.
Cynthia Wigren is the executive director of the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy. She tells the Cape Cod Times that a man had spotted the 12-foot-long shark on Sunday while walking on Nauset Beach in Orleans.
Photo by Jeff Alberts
Wigren says the shark had died by the time officials responded to the area. She says the male shark hadn’t been tagged. Researchers estimate it was over 20 years old.
State shark scientist Gregory Skomal will conduct a necropsy on Monday.
Wigren says the incident marks the year’s first shark stranding on Cape Cod. Three sharks were stranded last year.
She says great white sharks usually begin migrating south in November.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
What a photo! Thank you, Horn.
Does anyone really care? She was in the other bed room with a woman, bill was prolly watching behind the curtain
What are you people talking about, this is a picture of a great white shark that got stranded on a beach and died. You know, most people wouldn’t care, but we are all going to be dead long before these animals will be and we should learn to respect what nature has given us. It’s a shame people can’t think of anything other than who’s hopping in bed with whom.