TWO mutilated sharks have washed up on the shores of Majorca.
The dead beasts had been floating through the waters of the Brit holiday hotspot leaking blood into the sea.
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The adult sharks had deep gashes in their backs Credit: FundacionPalmaAquarium / Facebook
The Spanish Civil Guard and the port of Cala Nova hauled in the dead beasts Credit: FundacionPalmaAquarium / Facebook
At least six people were needed to haul away the monster specimens Credit: Última hora
The bluntnose sixgill species of shark have swum amongst the dinosaurs Credit: Getty
Spanish cops made the disturbing discovery near Cala Nova on Tuesday.
The corpses have been identified as bluntnose sixgill sharks – 16ft raptors which have roamed the deep since the time of the dinosaurs.
The dead preds were found with deep gashes scoring their bodies.
An environmental agency said there were “cuts to the neck and backbone” – wounds consistent with kills on board fishing vessels.
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Marilles Foundation lamented in a statement that: “There is still a minority of fishermen who, instead of releasing these animals, choose to kill them”.
The eco org blamed the use of trawlers – commercial fishing vessels which drag huge nets along the ocean floor to catch fish.
The conical nets often ensnare other wildlife – including sharks.
Instead of releasing the beasts, fisherman sometimes kill the raptors aboard their ships.
Eco foundation Marilles condemned the killings of the two adult sharks Credit: FundacionPalmaAquarium / Facebook
The unlucky preds were likely accidentally snagged in a fishing net trawling the ocean floor Credit: Última hora
But the foundation is urging catchers to use “heavy-duty nets” which would stop large animals getting trapped during the ocean trawls.
The discovery of these mutilated sharks follows the horrifying death of a fisherman on Saturday.
Steven “Mattas” Mattaboni, 38, was mauled to death by a monster 16ft shark in Australia.
The dad-of-two died in front of his friends when the raptor bit into his leg at around 10am at Rottnest Island, near Perth.
In a heartbreaking statement, his wife Shirlene remembered Steven as a generous and doting father of their two daughters, ages two and four months.
She wrote: “Our hearts are irrevocably broken by the loss of Steven, known affectionately to his mates as ‘Mattas’.
“An avid fisherman and spearfisherman, who lived and breathed the ocean, he was always in tune with the sea.
“He was fiercely loyal, endlessly generous, and the kind of man who would give you the shirt off his back.
“The world has lost a truly one-of-a-kind gentleman, and our daughters have lost an incredible father far too soon.”
