Rosie is in formalin, in good shape.
A five -meter great white shark has been found abandoned in a beautiful state of conservation in a water park that has closed its doors, in Australia. The shark, named Rosie, he died in 1998, but in a tank with formalin.
The news took place in 2021 and has gone viral again in recent hours.
The shark that was euthanized died after being entangled in nets for tuna, in the waters of Bass Strait. Since then, Rosie has been in perfect condition in a formalin tank at the Wildlife Wonderland water park, located in the town of Bass, near Melbourne.
The park closed in 2012 after it closed due to irregularities and, apparently, the shark was forgotten there.
Rosie, abandoned in a water park in Australia.
Luke McPherson, an Australian youtuber, entered the area with a camera in 2018 and, at that moment, found Rosie. The streamer focuses on entering homes and abandoned areas to showcase what he finds on his social networks. So now it has gone viral.
After that, a group of vandals entered the area and broke the tank where Rosie was. Then, they dumped the garbage on the body of the shark it had damaged. In addition, the liquid inside the tank began to evaporate, exposing the shark’s upper fin without protection.
A youtuber captured photos of the “forgotten” shark.
Rosie is one of the biggest attractions at the water park, but the damage it incurs after the act of vandalism precedes the owners in doubt: destroy the body of the animal or rescue and return it. Finally, they chose the second option and a campaign was conducted among locals to rescue the animal.
Tom Kapitany, the owner of another theme park called Crystal World and Prehistoric Journeys Exhibition Center, in the nearby town of Devon Meadows, decided to take Rosie to his park to return her body, on condition that he will be paid the cost of the ticket. and the motion.
It is now undergoing a new restoration process.
In 2019, the transition was made and, Currently, work continues on the animal’s body.
As reported by British medium LadBible, Crystal World ensured that Rosie “wasn’t disboweled like most taxidermy, but her body was completely solid and in almost perfect condition.”
White shark, specimen found. in Australia.
In addition, there is an official Facebook page called “Rosie the Shark” where people can find out the latest news about the rebuilding of this shark, which has become one of the most popular in Australia.
fierce hunter
The white shark or great white shark is the largest and fiercest of all marine predators. This animal appeared about 16 million years ago, during the Neogene, and came from one of the oldest known lines of fish, a relative of the extinct prehistoric shark known as the megalodon or megalodon.
Although the great white shark is in our imagination, as the main character of stories and films set at sea, we do not know its life and behavior. partly because These are solitary animals, which do not form schools.
The great white shark has a fierce bite.
On the other hand, their cartilaginous bodies are completely decomposed when they die, except for their frightening bony jaws, which are fitted with sharp and toothed teeth.
They have large, bow-shaped mouths. They have about 300 triangles and have teeth with teeth, very broad, arranged in several successive rows. Its bite is estimated to be between 12 and 24 tons of force (300 times the human bite), and up to 14 kg of meat can be inserted into the mouth in a single bite, because when attacking the jaw it opens too much. that it can deform. the head of the beast, recoiled forward.
Source: Clarin
