Blue shark found beached in Sardinia

The short video was uploaded on youtube by ‘Sardegna Live’.

On 22nd January 2015, this dead blue shark, Prionace glauca, ( said to be approx. 2 m in length ) was found on ‘La Palafitta’ beach in Alghero, which lies in the province of Sassari in northwestern Sardinia, Italy.

More Information on this and many other specimens will be published in our new post about ‘Noteworthy recent shark records from Mediterranean waters – Oct 2014 to Jan 2015’ soon ( previous records are available here : Noteworthy Shark Records from Mediterranean and European Atlantic Waters – May 2014 to October 2014