Basking Shark Found Dead
Many animals have long been extinct and has lived and passed away through the generation. Few animals have lived and disappeared. Taking care of the environment is also taking care of our animals. They too have feelings and have the right to live.
Although there has been alarming news regarding animals who dies on the shore, just last Tuesday another came.
A reportedly 20-foot-long (6-meter-long) basking shark that washed ashore on a beach on New York’s Long Island on Tuesday appears to have died from some kind of illness.
New York State Parks official George Gorman said researchers will examine the basking shark to determine a cause of death. After that, it will be buried in nearby sand dunes on the beach.
After examining the basking shark, Tracy Marcus of Cornell University’s Long Island-based Sport Fishing Education Center said the shark weighs about a ton. She said it is unusual for an ailing basking shark to come ashore. Usually they die in the ocean.
Basking sharks are common in the waters off Long Island. The giant washed ashore on a town beach a few miles east of Jones Beach State Park, a popular recreation area for New York City-area residents.
Basking sharks are the world’s second largest fish, after whale sharks, and can grow up to 32 feet (10 meters) long. Despite their giant mouths, the sharks are not considered dangerous and feed mainly on plankton. The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists the giant sharks as vulnerable to extinction.
The Lond Island’s sharks whereabouts has become a mystery for scientist.
“We still have no idea where they give birth,” Gregory Skomal, a marine biologist from the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, told National Geographic News in May.
Via; National geographic.
So as of today, we are never sure on how many other animals lived in the ocean. The ocean will always remain a mystery to everyone. For that, we should always take care of the environment, and the marine to preserve animal lives.
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