NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Typically it's the shark that bites the human, but this time around, the carcass of a partially-eaten shark washed up on New Smyrna Beach over the weekend, a beach safety official said.
"I have received numerous inquiries reference this," Senior Captain Tamra Marris of the Volusia County Beach Safety Ocean Rescue told Headline Surfer. "On Saturday at about 10 am at the New Smyrna Beach Inlet, we had a dead shark wash up on the beach that had a large chunk bitten out of it."
She said It is unknown what type of predator bit the shark or how far offshore it was when it was bitten.
"This is not too common but we do have a lot of species living in the ocean and the sick or injured do often wash up on the beach," Marris said describing it as either a black tip or spinner. Had the tail been intact it would have measured 5 feet in length.
"I have received numerous inquiries reference this," Senior Captain Tamra Marris of the Volusia County Beach Safety Ocean Rescue told Headline Surfer. "On Saturday at about 10 am at the New Smyrna Beach Inlet, we had a dead shark wash up on the beach that had a large chunk bitten out of it."
She said It is unknown what type of predator bit the shark or how far offshore it was when it was bitten.
"This is not too common but we do have a lot of species living in the ocean and the sick or injured do often wash up on the beach," Marris said describing it as either a black tip (shown at top) or spinner (shown below).
Had the tail been intact it would have measured 5 feet in length.
Black tips and spinners are typical kinds of sharks that mistake feet, ankles and hands of surfers for bait fish, typically letting go of a bite once they realize the difference.