A juvenile great white shark found stranded on a beach in Chatham, Massachusetts, was kept alive by beachgoers on Monday until rescuers could drag it back out to sea.
"There was no way for the shark to get to where it could swim, so it just kept flapping and moving over," witness Kelly Skanell told WCVB.
Reports say it overcommitted on its quest for a delicious bird.
"Last year we know that sharks were in that area, and that it got shallow and it was hard for them to get out," said Cynthia Wigren of the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy. "It was hard for them to get out, but for a shark to be beached is a big deal."
The shark, a 7-foot male, was eventually dragged by rope attached to a boat driven by Dr. Greg Skomal of the Division of Marine Fisheries and Chatham Harbormaster Stuart Smith. It was then freed one mile offshore.
Videos posted on YouTube captured both parts of the dramatic rescue.
The first showed the shark squirming in a shallow pool of water. Beachgoers can then be seen splashing water on the shark using giant beach buckets.
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