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Hammerhead Shark on Maui Shore, Found Dead

By on October 27, 2007 in In the News

Remember this post? Yesterday, here’s what I read on the news:
Hammerhead Hark on Maui Shore, Found Dead

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OWEN HOWSON / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-BULLETIN
A 6- to 8-foot-long hammerhead shark, seen here Monday at Kamaole Beach, had been spotted at South Maui beaches. It was found dead Thursday morning, entangled in abandoned fishing nets. The animal had apparently been sick.
HERE’s the article from Star-Bulletin:

By Gary T. Kubota

KIHEI, Maui ยป A hammerhead shark that had been swimming close to shore forcing the shutdown of miles of beaches was found dead yesterday morning in South Maui.

Maui County lifeguards found the dead shark entangled in an illegal abandoned fishing net in waters off Cove Park in Kihei, said state aquatics education specialist Russell Sparks.

Sparks said he received a call shortly after 8 a.m. yesterday informing him about the dead shark.

He said county lifeguards dragged the shark to shore and left it at Kamaole Beach Park I, where public works employees picked it up and disposed of it at the landfill.

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Hammer Head Shark Sighting in Kihei Beach

By on October 25, 2007 in In the News
NEWS AND PHOTO FROM MAUI NEWS

KIHEI : A 6- to 8-foot hammerhead shark continued to linger in the near-shore waters along the Kihei coast on Tuesday, raising speculation that the animal is ill or injured.

Two men, who said they observed a hammerhead shark on the shore near Mai-poina-oe-Iau Beach Park on Saturday, said it was injured after apparently biting off more than it could chew.

Jerry Orban, a Denver resident but regular Maui visitor, said he saw the shark rolling on its side in the shore break and grabbed its tail to haul it out.

As he did, he could see it was bleeding; then it suddenly regurgitated a fish head.

A Pukalani man, Leroy Perez, said he and his wife, Melanie, saw the shark’s dorsal fin close to shore as they drove by the beach near the old Kihei Wharf. When they stopped to take a look, he said he saw “a haole guy was already down there . . . already pulling the shark by its tail, bringing it on shore.

“I guess for some reason the shark came inside. He was kind of choking on something, swimming on his side. When the guy pulled him on shore, all of a sudden a big fish head came shooting out of the mouth,” Perez said.

Continue Reading at Maui News …

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