A Perth shark expert has revealed what he believes is prone to have eaten half a stingray pulled to shore by a Swan River angler on the weekend.
Liam Kenny was having fun with a morning fish on Sunday when he hooked onto a southern eagle ray, however when he lastly reeled it in discovered it had large chew marks taken out of it.
Graphic photos of the decimated ray have been shared on-line, the place many guessed the novice fisherman had simply break up the catch with a bull shark, which is understood to frequent native waters.
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Poring over the images, Murdoch College’s Adrian Gleiss leaned in direction of that being the right principle.
“It is very tough to say however more than likely is a bull shark,” he instructed 7NEWS.com.au, including “I would not rule out a bronze whaler”.
Primarily based on the chew marks on the ray carcass, Dr Gleiss steered the shark might have been as much as 2m in size.
“An eagle ray would have been an amazing little meal for it,” he stated.
Balga bricklayer Kenny described it as “simply the craziest factor I’ve seen”.
He had initially feared for his gear after realizing he had hooked onto the ray, saying his primary gear was extra suited to smaller fish.
Kenny let his line run, till he realized it had stopped. That is when he pulled in his useless catch.
He believed a bull shark had crammed up on the ray earlier than leaving the scraps to him.
He took some snaps of the stays and shared them on-line with the caption: “River monsters are actual”.
“If that ray is 1m as said, these bites are large,” one individual commented in response.
“I might not wish to run into that factor within the water, that is for positive.”
One other individual estimated a “good 2m shark” was behind the large chew marks.
“Do not suppose I will be scooping round there anymore,” they stated.
Swan River shark enclosure
The images emerged as Swan River bull shark survivor Cameron Wrathall spoke on his discussions with the Metropolis of Melville in regards to the potential for a protecting internet to be put in.
“It will simply be enclosing an space a bit just like the boundaries they’ve on the coast, and that might make it a safer space for swimmers,” he stated.
Wrathall suffered a damaged hip and significant accidents when he was mauled by a 3m bull shark as he swam at Bicton’s Blackwall Attain on January 14, 2021.
It was the primary assault within the river in 50 years.
