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On Vlieland , a living shark, more than a meter in size, has beached. Never before such a large shark had washed up [alive] on the Dutch coast. It is a starry smooth-hound shark normally only found in warmer seas.
Hikers found the exhausted shark yesterday on the beach. The fish is injured on its muzzle. It was put back into the sea, but kept beaching again and again. That’s why islanders Folkert and Riccardo brought it to the aquarium in the nature center De Noordwester on Vlieland.
The starry smooth-hound shark is not dangerous to humans. It has no teeth and only eats crustaceans such as shrimps.

Description

On Vlieland , a living shark, more than a meter in size, has beached. Never before such a large shark had washed up [alive] on the Dutch coast. It is a starry smooth-hound shark normally only found in warmer seas.
Hikers found the exhausted shark yesterday on the beach. The fish is injured on its muzzle. It was put back into the sea, but kept beaching again and again. That’s why islanders Folkert and Riccardo brought it to the aquarium in the nature center De Noordwester on Vlieland.
The starry smooth-hound shark is not dangerous to humans. It has no teeth and only eats crustaceans such as shrimps.