Massive 14-foot shark dies after being stranded on Massachusetts beach during migration
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A 14-foot thresher shark died after becoming stranded in shallow water near Wellfleet, Massachusetts, despite rescue efforts by the New England Coastal Wildlife Alliance.
Bonny Chu is a Digital Production Assistant at Fox News Digital.
"Yesterday morning, NECWA received numerous calls about a possibly live thresher shark that was stranded in shallow water off Mayo Beach, Wellfleet, MA," the alliance said in a Facebook post Wednesday. "Our team jumped into action and rushed to the site to try and rescue this shark. Unfortunately the animal died just before the team arrived."
Photos from the scene show the large-eyed, slender thresher lying on the shore with an extremely long, whip-like tail, measuring about half the length of its body. The shark appeared injured with visible track-like marks on its body.
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