OCEAN SHORES — The Washington Fish and Wildlife Department says a second seal recently found dead on the coast near Ocean Shores was not killed by a shark.
Spokesman Craig Bartlett says an examination of the seal found Saturday showed it likely died as a result of being entangled in a fishing net.
Another harbor seal found Thursday had been bitten in half. A necropsy performed by the department in consultation with a federal shark expert in California determined the likely predator was a great white shark about 18 feet long.
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