Great white shark washed up on beach as seagulls feast on 11ft corpse
dailyrecord.co.ukGreedy seagulls have been reported to have been picking away scraps off the remains of a dead great white shark washed up on a beach in Canada.
The 62 stone deadly beast was mysteriously discovered on October, 16 with blood gushing out its jaws and was carried off Pointe-Sapin beach into the woods by Kouchibouguac National Park Canadian officials.The Marine Animal Response Society was called to the scene with park staff and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to investigate the death of the seemingly healthy sea creature and move it's corpse.
Officials have been left perplexed by the unusual situation as it is only the third great white shark in a century to have been washed up on New Brunswick's Acadian coast, the Daily Star reports.DFO spokesperson Krista Petersen said: "The carcass was secured by Parks Canada and put in their compound overnight.
A technician from the team (Canadian Atlantic Shark Research Laboratory) will conduct a necropsy." Warren Joyce headed to conduct the necropsy on the shark which he said is only the third beached great white shark that he's known of in the area after 23 years as the lead technician with the shark unit at DFO.
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