An 11-foot hammerhead shark washed up on a beach in southern Florida, much to beachgoers’ surprise.
Highlights
- A female great hammerhead shark washed up on Pompano Beach, north of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
- A team of scientists from the American Shark Conservancy took samples and identified the shark.
- The female was pregnant and weighed around 500 lbs, a conservation scientist says.
- A member of the team encountered the body with a hook in its mouth, which usually indicates someone was fishing for a large animal like a hammerhead, she says.
- The shark was found to be pregnant and weighing about 500 lbs.
- The body was found on a beach in Broward County, which surveys for turtle nests on beaches.