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5,000-pound shark washes ashore on Long Island
NEW YORK (CNN) -- A 26-foot-long dying shark washed ashore Tuesday on a Long Island beach, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation said.
The basking shark that washed ashore on Long Island, New York, on Tuesday was 26 feet, 6 inches long.
The male basking shark, which weighed an estimated 5,000 pounds and was measured at 26 feet, 6 inches, died shortly after authorities arrived on the scene, according to marine educator Tracy Marcus of the Cornell Cooperative Extension.
Marcus, who was at the beach at the time, said there were no outer abrasions on the shark, ruling out of the possibility of a boat strike, and the cause of the shark's death was unknown to investigators.
Basking sharks can grow up to 35 feet in length and are the second-largest fish in the oceans after the whale shark, Marcus said.
The basking shark, which is non-threatening to humans, feeds mostly on plankton and smaller fish. Watch shark being washed ashore »
This particular species spends the summer months off America's Northeast coast and then migrates to the warm waters off South America for summer in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Re: 5,000-pound shark washes ashore on Long Island
I read something about it having no teeth too. 
I know people are fascinated by it and taking pictures with it, but I felt weird seeing such a beautiful creature dead on a beach and people laughing and smiling and posing.
Circle of life, I guess.
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| Posted 7/15/09 10:24 AM |
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klingklang77
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Re: 5,000-pound shark washes ashore on Long Island
I always wondered why this doesn't happen more often. I mean, some sea animals are huge (whales, etc.). Why don't more wash ashore when they die? I can understand other animals eat them, but I wonder why more don't wash ashore.
It is interesting that this shark didn't have any teeth. Maybe there was something wrong which made other animals not want to eat it?
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| Posted 7/15/09 10:51 AM |
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Jenn627
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Re: 5,000-pound shark washes ashore on Long Island
Posted by greenfreak
I know people are fascinated by it and taking pictures with it, but I felt weird seeing such a beautiful creature dead on a beach and people laughing and smiling and posing.
Ditto.  I was thinking - 'where's the compassion?'
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| Posted 7/15/09 11:06 AM |
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Re: 5,000-pound shark washes ashore on Long Island
Posted by Jenn627
Posted by greenfreak
I know people are fascinated by it and taking pictures with it, but I felt weird seeing such a beautiful creature dead on a beach and people laughing and smiling and posing.
Ditto. I was thinking - 'where's the compassion?'
ITA with all of this
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| Posted 7/15/09 2:45 PM |
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Porrruss
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Re: 5,000-pound shark washes ashore on Long Island
Basking sharks feed on plankton so they don't have teeth.
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| Posted 7/15/09 2:51 PM |
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Re: 5,000-pound shark washes ashore on Long Island
Posted by greenfreak
I read something about it having no teeth too.
I know people are fascinated by it and taking pictures with it, but I felt weird seeing such a beautiful creature dead on a beach and people laughing and smiling and posing.
Circle of life, I guess.
I feel the same way.
I am TERRIFIED of sharks. but I have a heathy respect for them and their beauty. I just couldn't make a spectacle out of it like that.
I would have SHYTE an absolute brick had I been in the water with it though. I probably would have had a heart attack. a real one. not a drama queen one 
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| Posted 7/15/09 3:09 PM |
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Jenn627
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Re: 5,000-pound shark washes ashore on Long Island
Posted by Ophelia
I probably would have had a heart attack. a real one. not a drama queen one
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| Posted 7/15/09 3:11 PM |
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klingklang77
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Re: 5,000-pound shark washes ashore on Long Island
Posted by Porrruss
Basking sharks feed on plankton so they don't have teeth.
I never thought of that. Good thinking!
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| Posted 7/15/09 7:29 PM |
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browneyedgirl
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Re: 5,000-pound shark washes ashore on Long Island
Posted by Porrruss
Basking sharks feed on plankton so they don't have teeth.
that's actually not true--they have hundreds of very small teeth. it's true that they don't use them for eating, but they have them 
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| Posted 7/15/09 8:25 PM |
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luckyinlove
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Re: 5,000-pound shark washes ashore on Long Island
This was so crazy! My friend was surfing and it swam up riht next to him! He almost had a heart attack! If you saw News 12, he was the 1st one interviewed.
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| Posted 7/15/09 10:18 PM |
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