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WATCH: Huge shark found dead with deep cut and fin missing in Spain

By Tara Rippin • Published: 27 Mar 2019 • 19:30

DEEP CUT: Calvia Town Hall believes the shark may have been struck by a boat propeller. CREDIT: @Bazarpalmeras Twitter

A FOUR metre-long shark was found dead and missing its dorsal fin in the sea at Puerto Portals in Calvia on Tuesday.

The grey species Hexanchus griseus had a deep cut on its back, which was probably caused by a boat propeller, according to Calvia Town Hall.

Members of the Consistory’s Department of the Natural Environment, the public company Calvia 2000, PalmaAquarium and Natura Parc assisted in the removal of the shark.

Its body has been taken to Natura Parc for analysis.

The species prefers to live at great depths and can reach up to 300 kilos in weight and five metres in length. It feeds on crustaceans and small fish and remains motionless on the seabed during the day, rising to the surface at night to feed.

Despite their size, these sharks are not dangerous to man, and the probability of a chance encounter is extremely low, given the depth of their normal habitat.

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Tara Rippin

Tara Rippin is a reporter for Spain’s largest English-speaking newspaper, Euro Weekly News, and is responsible for the Costa Blanca region.
She has been in journalism for more than 20 years, having worked for local newspapers in the Midlands, UK, before relocating to Spain in 1990.
Since arriving, the mother-of-one has made her home on the Costa Blanca, while spending 18 months at the EWN head office in Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol.
She loves being part of a community that has a wonderful expat and Spanish mix, and strives to bring the latest and most relevant news to EWN’s loyal and valued readers.

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