Huge Shark Washes Up on Long Island Beach

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- A 20-foot-long basking shark washed up on the shore about 2 miles east of Jones Beach in Suffolk County and died Tuesday.

Mona Rivera reports

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Tracy Marcus of Cornell Cooperative Extension said the shark likely suffered from some kind of illness.

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There are no propeller wounds that might have come from a boat, nor are there any puncture wounds on the animal.

Basking sharks are a common sight in the waters off Long Island and are not considered dangerous since they eat plankton.

The shark washed up on the shore earlier this morning and crowds gathered to sneak-a-peek.

Apparently the shark was alive when it first reached the shore, but later died.

Marcus estimates the shark weighs about a ton.

Inset Photo: Reporter Mona Rivera with the shark

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