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LOOK: Megamouth shark found dead in Southern Leyte

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Melanie Bingco, ABS-CBN News

<div class="media-content"><div class="slider-for"><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/06/14/megamouth-1.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/06/14/megamouth-2.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/06/14/megamouth-3.jpg"/></div></div><div class="media-content slider-desc"><div class="item-desc"><h1 class="heading"> </h1><p>A megamouth shark was found dead in Southern Leyte, Monday morning.</p><cite>Photo courtesy of Hinunangan Municipal Agriculture Office. </cite></div><div class="item-desc"><h1 class="heading"> </h1><p>A megamouth shark was found dead in Southern Leyte, Monday morning.</p><cite>Photo courtesy of Hinunangan Municipal Agriculture Office. </cite></div><div class="item-desc"><h1 class="heading"> </h1><p>A megamouth shark was found dead in Southern Leyte, Monday morning.</p><cite>Photo courtesy of Hinunangan Municipal Agriculture Office. </cite></div></div></div><p>A megamouth shark was found dead along the shore of Pondol Village in Hinunangan, Southern Leyte, Monday morning.</p><p>Residents were surprised to see the shark and immediately reported it to authorities.</p><p>Melchezedeck Costa, the official in charge of fisheries at the Municipal Agriculture Office, said the shark measured 4.3 meters long, weighed some 600 kilos and was 2.5 meters in circumference.</p><p>The shark sustained wounds, which are believed to have caused its death.</p><p>The megamouth shark was immediately buried along the beach as it had started to decompose.</p>

<p>A megamouth shark was found dead along the shore of Pondol Village in Hinunangan, Southern Leyte, Monday morning.</p><p> </p>

A megamouth shark was found dead along the shore of Pondol Village in Hinunangan, Southern Leyte, Monday morning.

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LOOK: Megamouth shark found dead in Southern Leyte

Melanie Bingco,

ABS-CBN News

Published June 14, 2017 08:22 PM PHT

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