An eight-foot long shark has washed up and died on a beach popular with Brit holidaymakers.
It was found on the coastline just 10 miles from Barcelona, Spain.
It was a blue shark which had attacked people in the past.
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It was discovered on Ocata Beach in El Masnou – regarded as one of the best stretches of sand within half an hour of the city.
It’s popular with Brits, who go there to avoid the crowds of Barcelona’s urban beaches.
Local officials found the shark on the coast as they exercised on the sand last Thursday (6 Jun) morning.
The sea was rough at the time and the animal appeared fatigued, as reported by Need To Know.
Sílvia Folch and her colleague spent an hour and a half trying to return the shark to deeper water.
But every time they grabbed it by the tail and pushed it back into the sea, the waves brought it back to shore.
They called the authorities, who advised them to halt their efforts because the shark had likely come ashore to die.
By the time help arrived on the scene, it was dead.
All officials could do was cordon off the area to prevent people from approaching the carcass.
The Foundation for the Conservation and Recovery of Marine Animals performed a necropsy.
They said the shark had “marks from fishing interactions on its caudal and dorsal fins”.
The blue shark is known for its distinctive teeth.
Its upper teeth are triangular and curved with serrated edges and overlapping bases.
Its lower teeth are more straight and slender with finely serrated edges.
Blue shark attacks on humans are extremely rare but have been recorded.
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