Australian cyclone leaves bull shark stranded on land
SYDNEY — A powerful cyclone that tore through Australia’s tropical northeast has left the ground littered with battered trees, ripped-up roofs - and one very unlucky shark.
An undated supplied image released March 30, 2017, shows a bull shark that was found in a puddle near the town of Ayr, located south of Townsville, following flooding in the area from heavy rains associated with Cyclone Debbie in Australia. Photo: Queensland Fire and Emergency Services/Handout via Reuters
SYDNEY — A powerful cyclone that tore through Australia’s tropical northeast has left the ground littered with battered trees, ripped-up roofs - and one very unlucky shark.
Queensland state paramedic Lisa Smith says she was assessing the extent of flooding on Thursday on Rita Island, a coastal community near the town of Ayr that was lashed by Cyclone Debbie earlier this week.
As she was approaching the edge of some receding floodwaters, she saw something grey on the ground.
At first, Ms Smith thought it might be a dolphin - until she saw the fin and realised it was a 1-meter (3-foot) bull shark.
The animal was already dead when Smith found it, and exactly how it ended up there remains a mystery. AP
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