Dead great white shark washes up on Santa Cruz County beach

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KGO) -- A Great White Shark washed up on a beach in Santa Cruz County Sunday morning.

A marine biologist says the shark is an adult male.

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The shark appeared to be covered with several gashes and cuts, but it's unclear if that may have contributed to the death.

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The shark is now at a lab, where a pathologist will try to determine what killed it.

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