An injured great white shark was washed ashore in Santa Cruz Beach. It gained a lot of attention from the beachgoers. The rescue team started rescuing the shark to get back to the sea, but it died. The shark was 10 feet long.
According to NBC Bay Area, the sheriff's office got a call from a local witness witnessing a 10-foot white shark washed ashore at the Pleasure Point beach around evening time 4 PM. People who have witnessed the great white shark experienced that something was wrong with the shark; it seemed to be badly injured.
Many of the watchers tried to push back the predator to the sea, but they failed. Long waves coming up from the sea were creating a difficulty in doing so. Due to injury, the great white shark lost its self-ability to get back to the sea. Apart from the local people, there were researchers with the Pelagic Shark Research Foundation, also involved in a rescue operation to rescue the white shark, which also failed.
Eyewitness News abc7NY reports that there is the video of the young adult great white shark near the shore, which was taken by a beachgoer Brock Johnson and Gary Buthman, while it was being washed off shore. The video has been viral on the social media sites as well as it has been uploaded on YouTube. The video clearly shows how the shark is trying to get back to the sea, but it has failed, finally dying.
Scientists, who tried to rescue the great white shark, think it has either died due to nervous system infection or hook, which had been caught in its mouth. The shark had bloodied fins, which shows the sign of injury. Storm-like conditions of the sea kept the shark pushing it back to the shore and making it difficult for the shark to get back to the sea.
The researchers said that it is the first time in the Monterey Bay in three years that a great white shark has been beached offshore. It is also the first adult male shark which has been seen in decades. Gary Buthman, who reeled the scene in his camera, said: "I've been here 50 years, and that's the first time I've seen something like that." Marine Mammal Center volunteers, wardens, firefighters, rangers, and California Highway Patrol officer were the part of the rescue operation.
