An update has been issued on the preserved great white shark who was abandoned in a theme park while in a tub of formaldehyde.
Rosie the great white shark died in 1997 when she got caught in tuna fishing nets off the Australian coast and couldn’t escape. With no safe option available, the choice was made to humanely kill her.
Her body was stored in a freezer for educational purposes, though at one point she had to undergo an autopsy following reports of a person going missing off the coast.
Wildlife park Wildlife Wonderland said they were interested in taking her carcass in as an exhibit in 1998, and reportedly shelled out AU $500,000 (£250,000) to buy her.
She would soon end up in her new home in a tank of toxic formaldehyde to preserve her body.
The centre would sadly close down in 2012, but while other (live) animals were moved, Rosie stayed put for years, remaining in her glass tank while everything decayed around her.
