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The mystery of a shark beheaded on a UK beach

Ali Hood, the trust's director of conservation, told the BBC: "Keeping specimens intact is always preferable, especially exceptionally rare encounters like this.

"I was fully aware it was a shark," she told the BBC. "It wasn't until I actually got hold of it that I realised how big it was." Speaking about the removal of the shark's head, she added: "It's just as barbaric. I don't understand it and isn't it random that someone has the shark's head in their house at the moment?"

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