The beheaded animal that washed up in Hampshire is a smalltooth sand tiger shark, biologists say.
Scientists want access to the head and teeth of the shark, which washed up on a Hampshire beach, for researchInitial examinations have been carried out on a shark that was beheaded after it washed up on a beach.
Rob Deaville, from the charity, said samples had now been collected, including from its stomach and liver.A plea has already been madeIt was first discovered alive on the seabed at Lepe Beach on Sunday, before later washing up dead on the shore.Mr Deaville said the shark also had some of its internal organs removed, but most had now been recovered "albeit damaged".
However, after the animal was taken to ZSL laboratories on Tuesday, he said: "A wide variety of material was collected for research - skin for genetics, muscle and liver for contaminants, stomach/spiral valve for dietary and microplastics analyses, as well as some potentially diagnostic samples.
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