In Spain, a 200-kilogram shark washed up on the beach of one of the resort towns: photo
In the south of Spain, a 200-kilogram shark with a bloody mouth washed up on the beach of Playa del Rioet in Puerto de Mazarrón.
Vacationers tried in vain to return the two-meter-long predator to the sea, The Telegraph reports.
According to eyewitnesses, the shark swam too close to the shore and suffocated in shallow water; the animal appeared to be "disoriented."
Witnesses reported seeing the shark in the area a few days before its death.
Municipal workers removed the shark from the beach and took it to a landfill for disposal.
According to veterinarians, it was a mako shark, a large species from the mackerel shark family.
The mako shark can reach lengths of up to four meters and weigh up to 570 kilograms. This species is found in tropical waters, ranging from the Caribbean and Atlantic to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.