© 2020 Stars and Stripes. Great white shark dies after days in Japan aquarium The great white shark of about 3.5 metres was captured and exhibited in one of the world's rare cases at a Japanese aquarium … “She might come back to the net again,” Teruya said. They usually stay in temperate waters, but have been spotted in isolated incidents off the Canadian and Alaskan coasts, according to the file. Although sharks have been portrayed as bloodthirsty monsters in movies such as “Jaws,” most steer clear of humans, said Ed Dunn, longtime diver and publisher of an Okinawa weekend boating and dive forecast. It is difficult to predict movements of a migratory animal like a great white shark, experts say. The aquarium is set on 19,000 m 2 of land, with a total of 77 tanks containing 10,000 m 3 of water. A great white shark which was captured and exhibited in a Japanese aquarium, one of only a few such sharks to ever be displayed in this way, has died just after three days, the facility said Saturday.The shark, about 3.5 metres (11'5'') in length, was trapped in a fisherman's net and taken to an aquarium on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa on Tuesday.It was exhibited in the Sea of Dangerous Sharks section at Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, but died on Friday, according to the facility.The aquarium, popular for its giant tanks where it exhibits whale sharks, said it is investigating what caused the death of the fish -- of the same species as that featured in Hollywood buster \"Jaws\".\"It is very difficult to keep great white sharks,\" said Keiichi Sato, an expert in cartilage fish, of the Okinawa Churashima Foundation.Two aquariums in the United States, including Monterey Bay Aquarium in California, have had the species in captive for short periods in the past, he said.\"It is rare that the kind of shark is spotted in the coastal waters of Okinawa in the first place, and even if they get caught in a fisherman's net they usually die immediately because they must keep moving at high speed,\" Sato told AFP.\"We have almost no knowledge about the great white's nature, so although it died we would like to share what we learnt from this experience with researchers of the world,\" he added.Click link to subscribe to Red Phoenix Channel : http://www.youtube.com/user/TheRedPhoenixOne?sub_confirmation=1Click to view this channel for more videos : https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRedPhoenixOne Great white shark dies after three days in Japanese aquarium The mako, bull, tiger and great white sharks are among the few known for aggression toward humans, Dunn said; however, even a great white usually will swim away from a large group of people in the water, Dunn said. An approximately 200-yard shallow shelf jutting out from shore makes a great white attack highly unlikely, Hagland said. If food is plentiful, it would stay in the area.”. No warnings were posted at Torii Beach, said Torii Scuba Locker staff instructor Gary Hagland. TORII STATION, Okinawa — A mammoth great white shark escaped from a net Friday off Torii Beach, prompting warnings on Okinawa beaches. The shark in the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium A great white shark has died after barely three days in a rare case of captivity in a Japanese aquarium. “We’ll just stay closer to the shore, probably not past those rocks,” said Air Force Major Derek Paulk, pointing about 15 feet from shore while his daughter Lauren, 8, snorkeled. By ERIK SLAVIN AND CHIYOMI SUMIDA | STARS AND STRIPES Published: April 24, 2005. “Our staff was so excited because it would be the … largest one that our aquarium has ever kept if she were safely captured.”. The … “If it’s been sighted in a certain area, I wouldn’t go in the water,” Dunn said. The 3.5 metre (11.5ft) shark, which was accidentally caught in a net off the coast of south-west Japan … The great white has been credited with more fatal attacks on humans than any other species of shark, according to Burress. “They are very intelligent animals.”. However, shark attacks have risen during the past decade because more people are venturing out into the water, according to shark attack file Web editor George Burress. “If food isn’t available in the quantity it needs, it would leave. Great white shark dies after days in Japan aquarium - YouTube “If a female is pregnant it would come in close looking for food source,” Dunn said. TORII STATION, Okinawa — A mammoth great white shark escaped from a net Friday off Torii Beach, prompting warnings on Okinawa beaches. The shark still may be close to the area where it escaped, said Ocean Expo Park senior staff member Hideshi Teruya. A great white shark has died after three days in captivity in a Japanese aquarium. The 18-foot, pregnant shark was trapped by fishermen in a fixed shore net located about 530 yards off Torii Beach around 7:30 a.m. Thursday, according to Yomitan Fishermen’s Association spokesman Akira Maeda. The shark was unharmed and was observed “swimming leisurely” within the cylinder-shaped, 65-feet-deep net Thursday by aquarium staff from Ocean Expo Park, located about an hour north of Torii Beach. All Rights Reserved. Nevertheless, swimmers and boaters should exercise caution. The public aquarium is a part of the Ocean Expo Park located in Motobu, Okinawa. A person’s odds of being attacked by a shark is 1 in 11.5 million, according to a 2000 survey posted by the University of Florida’s International Shark Attack File. “But [Friday] morning, when the fishermen went back to the stationary net at about 8:30 a.m., they found an empty net with a huge hole,” Maeda said. “There is a lot of misinformation about sharks,” Dunn said.
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