By Lauren Beavis

A massive basking shark washed up dead on a UK beach had plastic in its stomach, experts say.

The shark, which was more than four meters long, was found at Portgordon, near Buckie in Scotland.

It was first seen on Thursday, Oct. 30, last week, dead in the surf , by a member of the public.

The animal was reported to SMASS, the Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme, who put out a call for their trained volunteers to attend.

Chris, one of those trained volunteers who also co-runs Shark and Skate Scotland, said: "Myself and Lauren, who I run SSS with, were attending a shark conference in Rotterdam (EEA -European Elasmobranch Conference) but were travelling home later that day, so volunteered to attend the shark on our return the next day (Saturday 1 Nov)."

The pair

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