A Wednesday necropsy, led by Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries scientist Greg Skomal, found no signs of the shark being hooked, either, and uncovered no definitive signs of trauma. As such, its results were inconclusive, the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy says in a Facebook post.

A great white shark that washed ashore at a Cape Cod beach earlier this week is named Koala, and was known to local researchers, investigators said. Its cause of death is still a mystery, as a necropsy was inconclusive.

Local shark researchers have performed a rare necropsy of a 12-foot great white shark that washed up dead on a Cape Cod beach. The mature male shark — previously identified as “Koala” in 2022 — was found on Nauset Beach earlier this week, and he was secured by officials from the town of Orleans and the Orleans Police Department.

Officials had to use a tow truck to carry the 3.6 meter shark off the beach.

A local towing company in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, was enlisted by local police to transport a massive great white shark that had washed up on a local beach.

A necropsy was underway Wednesday to determine the animal's cause of death, according to the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy.

Some readers might find the images included in this story disturbing. Orleans police shared three photos of the shark on Facebook on Tuesday, showing the dead shark on the back of a flatbed truck. “Not one of our typical calls for service,

Law enforcement in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, called a local tow truck company to remove a large great white shark found on the shore. “Not a typical call for service for us or our local tow company, but we responded,

Great white sharks entered our nightmares when the classic movie “Jaws” terrified theater goers in 1975. Beach vacations were never the same, and judging from this video, fishing trips may have gotten a lot scarier.