Wednesday, May 2, 2007

10-Foot Hammerhead Shark Washes Onshore

A 10-foot long hammerhead shark washed on Paradise Beach in Brevard County, twice. The female shark first washed up on the beach overnight. A fisherman saw it was still alive, so he pushed back into the water. The shark, though, washed onshore again late Monday morning and died. Fish and Wildlife officials said a beached shark in the Paradise Beach area is highly unusual. "We don't many shark calls. This is maybe the second one we've gotten in a year. But this is the biggest one I've seen so far," said Thomas Samarco, Florida Fish and Wildlife. Officials will perform a necropsy to find out how the shark died.

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