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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Sam Elliott-Gibbs

Dead shark found washed up on Cornwall beach had meningitis in world-first case

A dead shark found washed up on a beach in Cornwall had meningitis, a post mortem has concluded.

In what is said to be a world-first autopsy, the study showed the Greenland shark had the deadly brain infection.

The female shark - thought to be around 100 years old - was found by walkers near Newlyn Harbour last month.

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