Hundreds of beach goers in Wellfleet, Massachusetts came together to try and save a beached great white shark that swam ashore a packed beach for Labor Day weekend. A 14 ft adult male shark washed up on the beach on Sunday at 8:09 am. People on the beach dug a trench and created a holding pool where they used buckets to keep pouring water on the shark. A boat owned by the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy soon came to the scene. The people on the beach tied a rope around the sharks tail, and the boat pulled the shark out to sea. Sadly, once the shark had reached deep enough waters, it was apparent that the great white had died. This is the second Great White which has washed up on the shores of Cape Cod this summer. Occasionally sharks may wind up beached on the sand as they chase their prey into shallow water. Alternatively, some sharks can get stranded as the tide goes out. Sadly most beached animals do not survive. Great Whites live in almost all coastal and off shore waters with temperatures between 54 and 75 degrees, with the most concentrated populations residing in the North East United States and California, Japan, South Africa, Chile, Oceania and the Mediterranean. MORE… More:
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