BEACH-GOERS were left stunned when a half-eaten shark washed up on a Florida beach.

The animal, found on Saturday on New Smyrna Beach, is believed to have originally been five feet long with some fearing it may have been torn apart by a legendary great white shark.

1 Beach-goers were left stunned when a half-eaten shark washed up on a Florida beach Credit: Volusia County Beach Safety Ocean Rescue

A Volusia County Beach Safety Ocean Rescue lifeguard took a picture of the dead shark, Click Orlando has reported.

Beach safety spokeswoman Tammy Morris said the shark was a blacktip or a spinner shark and believed the mammal was attacked by a bigger fish.

She added: "It is unknown what type of predator bit the shark or how far offshore it was when it was attacked."

The lifeguard posted the photo on social media with the caption: "Anyone up for a swim? LOL I guess there is something even bigger out there. #blacktip #whereiskatherine

The name "Katherine" refers to a tagged 14-foot great white shark which can be tracked and was last spotted off Florida last month.

Morris added that half-eaten sharks rarely wash ashore but she has seen it happen before.

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In December tens of thousands of fish mysteriously washed up on a Cornish beach.

Witnesses said the fish, thought to be mackerel, stretched for “as far as the eye could see” along Marazion beach.

It is thought they were washed up early yesterday and were discovered by dog walkers early this morning.

Lyn Barton, from Penzance, was walking along the beach and said:”It is truly astonishing. I have never seen anything like it before.

“There are literally hundreds of thousands of fish washed up on the shoreline. They must be quite fresh because it doesn’t pong at the moment.

It came just two weeks after thousands of dead fish were found washed up on another Cornish beach.

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