Watch: Shark spotted at Waihi Beach. Video / Supplied
Even in death, it's a terrifying sight - a 2m-long shark washed up on a beach in the Bay of Plenty yesterday morning.
Herald cartoonist Rod Emmerson snapped pictures of the "magnificent creature", which he found at the water's edge on Waihi Beach around dawn on Sunday.
The shark washed up on Waihi Beach on Sunday morning. Photo / Rod Emmerson
He tweeted thatthere was no sign of what caused its death.
"[I] suspect it deterred early morning board riders," he said.