Did anyone hear about the shark washing up on the Rockaway beaches?

Re: Did anyone hear about the shark washing up on the Rockaway beaches?

really?

Re: Did anyone hear about the shark washing up on the Rockaway beaches?

yeah, I'm watching the news right now.

Re: Did anyone hear about the shark washing up on the Rockaway beaches?

I just saw that !

Re: Did anyone hear about the shark washing up on the Rockaway beaches?

Can someone post some updates on this story??

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My mother just told me when I came home from work.....She didn't have much details (SURPRISINGLY-cuz she is Neighborhood Watch (tahts my nickname for her) and knowss everythingggg)

Re: Did anyone hear about the shark washing up on the Rockaway beaches?

the shark was dead, it seemed it washed out like that because fishermen were probably trying to get it.

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Re: Did anyone hear about the shark washing up on the Rockaway beaches?

lovely! i was suppsoed to go swimming there yesterday!

(thakns for making it rain universe!)

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Too close for comfort

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Ummmm.....6 FEET LONG!!!



I would FREAK!! I hate water creatures!

Re: Did anyone hear about the shark washing up on the Rockaway beaches?

It happened at Beach 140th Street in Rockaway

From wnbc.com
The shark came ashore near 140th St. and the shoreline in Rockaway Beach.

A Parks Enforcement Patrol officer discovered the male shark on the sand during a routine survey of a closed part of the beach, parks department spokesman Ashe Reardon said. The shark, which was dead when it was found, is between five and six feet long.

New York Aquarium shark researcher Hans Walters said it was a blue shark, a species usually found in deep waters of the open ocean. He said he thought it had been dead for a while.

The beach was closed when the shark washed ashore at 2:15 p.m.

How is how the shark died is unclear, though one eyewitness said it had a hook in its mouth.

NewsChannel 4 was told there was a shark tournament in the area a couple of weeks ago, though it is unclear if this incident is related to the tournament in any way.

Local fishermen speculated that possibly the shark was injured and then later died and washed ashore here.

The shark was removed later in the afternoon and was being looked at by officials from the New York Aquarium, who are trying to determine what type of shark it was.

A local fisherman, whose wife took a picture of the shark, said it appeared to be a Thrasher Shark, a deep-water shark, not usually found in this area.

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Re: Did anyone hear about the shark washing up on the Rockaway beaches?

Sharks are popping up all over FL and now in the Rockaways. What is going on

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Yikes. What's that coming out of its mouth?

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It regurgitated the contents of its stomach from dying. I heard that a fisherman didn't remove the hook, just cut the line so it suffered!

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Posted by SoinLove

Yikes. What's that coming out of its mouth?