New York City subway riders were left puzzled when they discovered a small dead shark that had been left under the seats of a subway car.
The shark was a Mustelus canis shark, which is also known as a smooth dogfish, and was found on a Queens-bound train just after midnight on Wednesday. The car that the shark was in was totally empty thanks to the horrendous stench of the dead fish, but one brave commuter risked the stench to sit in the car and that’s when the little shark was discovered.
However, it wasn’t until many stops later than metro personnel were clued in to the shark’s presence which led them to make a bizarre announcement: there was a shark in Car 8994! When the the train reached the end of the line, a supervisor put the dead shark in a garbage bag and put it in the trash.
Commuters thought that the shark was a stunt by Discovery Channel to promote their Shark Week which began on August 4. However, the Discovery Channel emailed BuzzFeed to state that they were saddened to hear that people would think they would use a dead animal to promote their shows, especially since Shark Week is all about helping to preserve the shark population.
We hope that little sharkie is having the time of his life in the big ocean in the sky!