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Shark stranded in South Korean canal after failed rescue attempts

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A 3.5-meter shark has been stranded in a canal in Busan, South Korea's port city of Busan, for over three weeks. A second rescue attempt using a net failed due to the risk of the net getting snagged on rocks. Rescuers are now hoping the shark will find its own way back to the open sea, having left a net in place to restrict its movement further up the canal. AI

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Shark stranded in South Korean canal after failed rescue attempts

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Reuters ·

    Shark remains stranded in South Korean canal after second rescue attempt

    A second attempt to guide a shark stranded in a canal in the South Korean port city of Busan back to the open sea ended without success on Friday, with the animal staying in the waterway into its third week. Rescuers, who had been using a net to try to coax it out, had to end the…

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