These incredible images of a huge shark caught off the coast of Australia have been flying around societal media in late days .
Initially , there were no details as to where , why or when the animal was caught – with conflicting origin stating it was captured at Lennox Head ’s Seven Mile Beach a few day ago , and others claiming it was a while ago .
Posted by Facebook user Geoff Brooks on Tuesday , the huge creature shadow the sauceboat .
The image was put up to Facebook by Geoff Brooks , who toldThe Daily Mailthat “ as far as I ’m aware ; it was a killing order on a shark here on the far north coast that was identified as being responsible for a local attack . ”
However , local news sourceThe Northern Starreported that the impressive haulage was catch by a local commercial fisher key Matthew ( last name not throw ) off the Tweed Coast . Matthew put forward he was attempting to careen in a hammerhead shark when the beast emerge from the water and swallowed it .
He was cite assaying , " you ca n’t turn around and go no , do n’t match , to something like that . "
devil dog preservation non - profitPositive variety for Marine Lifereached out on it ’s Facebook page for more info regarding the exposure , subsequently express that “ it does look like a Tiger Shark as indicated by the conformation of its tooth . White Sharks have triangular teeth while Tiger Sharks have wind cusp with serrated edges as seen here . Tiger Sharks are listed as near threatened by the IUCN red listing and population trend are nameless . ”
Karl Goodsell , a spokesman for the group , saidthat it looks to be approximately 3.5 to 4 meter ( 11.5 to 13 feet ) long , entail it ’s a sexually fledged adult . According toNational Geographic , tiger sharks can grow up to 20 to 25 feet ( 6 to 7.5 meters ) and weigh up to 1,900 punt ( 900 kilograms ) .
Goodsell also stated that he was capable to describe the gravy boat in the photos , sustain it to be a commercial fishing boat that is register and licensed for shark sportfishing .
ab initio , it was read the shark ’s body had been hand over to CSIRO , but a spokesman has refuted that as false . after report commonwealth it was trade to a Pisces the Fishes market , with the jaw kept as a trophy .
A bustle ofshark attacksoff the seacoast of New South Wales has recently given rise to a call for a cull . So far , there have been 12 cover shark - pertain incident since February , with many of them occurring in July alone .
Shark conservation and shark attacks have both been rife in the mediaafter a surge of attackson the North Carolina coast and the viral video of star surferMick Fanningbeing curiously tax by a slap-up Andrew D. White during the J - Bay Open competition in South Africa .
However , shark researcher and conservator of theInternational Shark Attack FileGeorge Burgess states that there was only three fatalities from shark attacks in 2014 , most of which were more like " dog-iron bites than something out ofJaws . " He also states in a piece originally posted toThe Conversationthat " more multitude go from drowning every day in this land than were stamp out by sharks in ten year . "
