Shark Stranded in South Korean Port Draws Over a Million Spectators
A roughly 10-foot female shark has been stuck in a port waterway in South Korea for weeks. Officials are trying to guide her back to open sea, while more than a million people have come to see her.
A shark about 10 feet (around three metres) long has been stranded for weeks in a port waterway in South Korea, apparently in the port city of Busan. The female fish has become an unlikely public attraction, drawing more than a million spectators so far.
Local officials are trying to guide her back to open sea. The brief description of the story from The New York Times does not say what species the shark is, how she entered the waterway, what methods rescuers are using, or when the effort might end.
The case shows how a wild animal in a city port can attract mass public attention, while authorities face the task of returning it to its natural habitat.
