On Tuesday, the Orleans Police Department in Massachusetts received an unusual piece of news: A great white shark had mysteriously washed ashore in Cape Cod. Officials called local tow company Nauset Recovery Inc,

A necropsy on Koala, the great white shark that washed up dead in Orleans on Oct. 15 was inconclusive. Here's what we know.

A great white shark that washed ashore at a Cape Cod beach earlier this week is named Koala, and was known to local researchers, investigators said. Its cause of death is still a mystery, as a necropsy was inconclusive.

A necropsy was underway Wednesday to determine the animal's cause of death, according to the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy.

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Local shark researchers have performed a rare necropsy of a 12-foot great white shark that washed up dead on a Cape Cod beach. The mature male shark — previously identified as “Koala” in 2022 — was found on Nauset Beach earlier this week, and he was secured by officials from the town of Orleans and the Orleans Police Department.

The Cape Cod-based department received notification about a shark that washed up on its beach and it turned out to be a massive, great white shark that died. The OPD shared pictures of its discovery on its Facebook page on Tuesday afternoon.