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.

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.

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.

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,

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

ORLEANS – Police on Cape Cod had to call in a tow truck to haul away a massive shark that had washed ashore a Massachusetts beach. The Orleans Police Department shared photos of the great white shark being towed away from a local beach. "Not one of our typical calls for service," the department posted.

The white shark found washed up on an Orleans beach on Tuesday was named Koala, according to the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy. The shark was seen washed ashore and towed away by police in what they called an atypical call for service.

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.