WEST SEATTLE WILDLIFE: Shark washes up on Alki
(Photo sent by Chemine)
Thanks for the photos and tips. A six-gill shark washed up on Alki this morning. Wildlife experts tried to save it – Kersti Muul was there with SR3 but reports they couldn’t.
em>(Photos sent by Kersti Muul)
Kersti says it was a juvenile male, seven and a half feet long. (According to this species-info page on the Seattle Aquarium website, that’s about half as long as they grow to be.) Here’s a look at its namesake gills:
And its teeth:
The state Fish and Wildlife Department was going to come get it.
No comments