shark washes up on Gilgo beach

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 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.

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[novascotianinjazx9r]

Sharks don't wash up on shore alive like whales do you idiots, It died at sea then the tide washed it ashore. It was beyond help long before it got there.

[unoriginalizednames]

oh my god its fucking dieing thats why it's there in the 1st place sharks dont beach them selves for no fucking reason do any of you now how fucking old that thing is, probably 100+ years old it probably died of natural causes it didnt just swim up there to say hi its dead say it with me dead. FUCKING JELLY FISH WASH UP ON SHORE AND NOBODY FUCKING CAREs ABOUT THAT SO SHUT UP

[SoCaLStylZ88]

yeah...just poke the shark thats messed up that shark died a horrible death

[SoCaLStylZ88]

yeah...just poke the shark thats messed up that shark died a horrible death

[thatguymike023]

@martinfan44 How do you know this?

[HannahMileyFan4u]

replace the g's with d's

[tropicalwater456]

thats a basking shark.

[martinfan44]

@nycbassist76  It was still alive, but it was in terrible agony. So shut up, dumbass.

[nycbassist76]

@martinfan44 its already dead moron...u want to give a shark cpr? go ahead dumb ass

[JGRANGIE]

thats a big one