Young dolphin with shark bites was euthanized on a NJ beach

🌊 A dolphin was found stranded alive on a Monmouth County beach

🌊 It was lethargic and riddled with shark bites

🌊 The dolphin had to be euthanized

DEAL — A dolphin with deep, severe, multiple shark bites on its body had to be euthanized after it was found stranded alive on a Monmouth County Beach, according to the Marine Mammal Stranding Center.

The male subadult bottlenose dolphin had suffered from multiple shark bites, some of which were quite severe, when it was found on the beach in Deal on Sunday night.

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However, the director of MMSC, Sheila Dean, told the Asbury Park Press it was not clear if the dolphin was stranded as a result of the bites or was sick and then picked on by sharks.

According to the MMSC…