This Saturday morning, the body of the animal was found lying on the shore.
The body of the blue-skinned shark was found lying on the shores of Almanarre beach, in Hyères, in the Var. “ If no autopsy is scheduled, his corpse will be analyzed for possible lesions and tissue samples will be taken. “, according to Var Matin, who followed the female on a daily basis by almost two meters.
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The area had been neutralized and swimming prohibited since Wednesday July 27, when the shark was seen for the first time. But his behavior worried the specialists. The animal never left the shore and always made the same circles in the water.
The harmless species to humans was closely watched as the female shark was ready to give birth. The Marseille shark study group explains that its death can occur either after an overflow of stress or the presence of a pathogenic agent in the brain, indicates Var Morning.