The shark is caught in the skirt and biologists try to save it.

A group of biologists are searching for the nurse shark, which has been seen navigating the waters with its skirt attached to its body. The animal was spotted around the Cayman Islands in the Caribbean.

Although the image of the shark wearing a suit has amused many on social media, diver Brad Nelson and other marine life experts are concerned about finding it, as he risks dying with the suit, the British Daily Star reported. One of the factors may be that he is in the growth phase and breathing disorder.

Nelson had shared a post on Facebook in which he shared the discovery of a shark’s existence in very unusual circumstances. While emphasizing the image of the animal wearing the skirt, she captioned it “too old fashioned.”

Although jokingly, Nelson said the condition could pose a threat to the shark’s survival.

The diver said he would help the ocean predator, but he didn’t have the tools to do so. “Unfortunately, I didn’t have the scissors with me to get you out of this situation.”

Time has become a worrying factor, because nurse shark According to biologists, it is in the growth stage. The animal trapped in the skirt is about 1.8 m long. Predators of this species can reach up to 3.6 m.

As he gets older, he can cling to the skirt even more and his breathing will become so bad that he dies. In the picture you can see that the skirt is close to where the gills are.

The case also caught the attention of the Cayman Islands Environment Agency, which announced on social media that it was looking for the nurse shark.

“This poor nurse shark was caught in a skirt that somehow got into the sea,” the agency said on air. We are doing our best to find him and help him, but so far we have not been successful.”