A shark unfortunately “took a wrong turn” and got stranded in shallow water along the Cape, leading to the animal’s death earlier this week.

Meanwhile, local shark researchers recently helped tag a great white down the East Coast in an “exciting milestone for the season.”

When it comes to the dead shark, the New England Coastal Wildlife Alliance on Tuesday received calls about a thresher shark that stranded in shallow water off Wellfleet’s Mayo Beach.

“Our team jumped into action and rushed to the site to try and rescue this shark,” New England Coastal Wildlife Alliance posted. “Unfortunately the animal died just before the team arrived.”

Researchers conducted a necropsy on the carcass, which was a 14-foot male shark.

“Not unusual for thresher sharks to strand in New England in the fa

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