A delicate rescue operation was launched after a shark tangled in a chain was spotted in a Gold Coast canal.
The bull shark was seen in Biggera Waters at the weekend.
Sea World staff came to its rescue, using whale-untangling tools to remove the chain from the shark’s dorsal fin.
“We did follow the shark for a fair while after we did release that chain,” Sea World head vet Dr Claire Madden said.
“I can report it was only superficial wounds.”
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It’s unknown how the shark came to be entangled in the chain.
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