Retweet posted by @OceanBeach about a small GWS stranded on OB today. Put back into the water. The original tweet from @thomask:
Great white shark (baby) stranded on ocean beach. He is back in the water now. Crazy! http://yfrog.com/2mmrlrj
Update: Just saw the same thread via @sticker's post. Sorry for reposting...
something about the dumb look on his face suggests he will not remember the great kindness we showed him. pity, i was looking forward to having a friendly shark in the lineup who would retrieve stray surfboards and such.
OK WTF is going on? Just give me a sign, any kind of sign, any sign at all. It's the end of days I tell you.
No expert here...but that looks like a Salmon Shark. They've been washing up lately in Santa Cruz. http://www.ksbw.com/news/24735282/detail.html
Here is info about the species: http://www.pelagic.org/montereybay/pelagic/salmonshark.html
@jncmp. Thanks for that link. It looks much more like a Salmon Shark.
And its presence underlines a more serious problem that we are facing on our beaches -
"An apparent increase in the periodic stranding of juvenile salmon sharks is possibly attributable to human produced or contaminated waste and watershed and coastal near-shore waters."
