An eight-foot shark that ran aground on a Chilkat Inlet beach last week served as an interesting science project for schoolchildren, but will create a big stink if it’s not removed, a federal shark biologist said this week.
The meat of the Pacific sleeper shark contains a neurotoxin that scavengers aren’t likely to eat, said Dr. Cindy Tribuzio, a shark biologist with the National Marine Fisheries Service in Juneau. “It may just sit there and…