Three Buff Beachgoers Carry a Thrashing Shark Back into the Ocean

Picture it: you’re enjoying a relaxing day, sitting in the sand on a beautiful beach. It sounds nice, right? What if there was suddenly a shark beaching itself on the shore? Although this would make most people run for the hills, humans can help save sharks by calling the property authorities. 

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A group of people experienced this at Panama City Beach. A man can be seen standing near a moon-spinner shark that’s attempting to strand itself. The spinner shark is not violent toward bigger creatures due to its small teeth and predilection for small fish. 

Yet, the International Shark Attack File has documented 13 unprovoked bites of people, none of which ended up being fatal. There is a video showcasing this particular beaching and it shows just how much the aquatic creature is struggling. 

It takes several minutes and multiple people arrive before these beachgoers take action. We get it, I’d be scared to touch a shark too! Thankfully, these individuals get the shark pointed towards the ocean and help it get off of the shore. 

A comment on the video reads, “I was hoping they would try a bit more maybe he was exhausted and just needed more of the extra push to get past the break, or maybe something was wrong with it. it’s very rare to find a beached shark that close to the shoreline unless it was looking for food and got caught perhaps in the waves.”

There is a moment of hope as the animal moves further out into the ocean. This ends when the spinner shark seemingly becomes too exhausted from all the trashing and allows the waves to carry its body inland. 

Why Do Sharks Beach Themselves? 

Uncertainty surrounds the precise reasons why a shark will strand itself. The majority of sharks, it is believed, only beach themselves accidentally or after suffering a significant injury. Many sharks have been discovered on the sand with fishing lures connected to them. 

This shows that a fisherman caught the shark but, for some reason, sent it back into the water. A shark that has been beached might end up there occasionally after failing to catch an easy meal.

How Can People Help Sharks in Distress?

Considering how sharks have been depicted in movies and television shows, many people have a bad impression of these creatures. Therefore, it is even more crucial that we take all feasible precautions to protect sharks when we notice them to be in danger. 

Inform the authorities if you notice sharks being mistreated at the shore or on a boat. The most important thing you can do to assure a shark’s survival if you encounter one beached or stranded is to call in professionals with experience responding to marine wildlife strandings.

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