Rosie the Preserved Great White Discovered In An Old Wildlife Park, Has An Amazing Backstory

In 1997, Rosie the Shark was caught in a family's tuna-fishing net and kept in a formaldehyde tank before being abandoned.

But now she's being brought back to her former grandeur.

Rosie the shark would perish after breaking their tuna nets, despite the fact that the guys who discovered her had no intention of trapping an apex predator.

The great white shark, caught off the coast of South Australia in 1997, was a two-ton beast with razor-sharp teeth that would be marveled at for decades.

Abandoned Rosie

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In 2018, a video showing Rosie left within the tank went viral, garnering millions of views from around the world and prompting calls for the big shark to be removed.

Unfortunately, the video's success attracted criminals to the park, who shattered the outer covering of two panels and threw trash into the tank.

The liquid Rosie was trapped in began to drain as the lid of the tank was lifted, exposing the tip of one of her fins, while the garbage that had been thrown in had damaged her body.

The landlord determined Rosie needed to either find a new home or be destroyed at this time, and movements to "Save Rosie the Shark" quickly arose, as per Ladbible.

Rosie the shark, who lived for 70 years, had traveled the seas for dozens of years.

Nothing, however, would compare to her adventure after death, when overwhelming demand for her massive corpse turned her into a tourism destination at the Wildlife Wonderland theme park long before internet has made her renowned, as per All That's Interesting.

Rosie the Shark spent more than a decade in a bespoke tank soaked with formaldehyde after being delivered to the park on a refrigerated truck.

Rosie, on the other hand, was left behind after the park closed, until one urban explorer documented the well-preserved animal for all to see online.

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When Rosie is Alive

Rosie the shark was first seen in Australia in 1997, after she ate her way through a tuna enclosure off the coast of Louth Bay.

The regional authorities decided to track Rosie down since seafood enterprises and local divers rely on those waters.

Rosie's species wasn't yet actively protected, so initial preparations considered tranquilizing her.

It's no surprise that the event didn't create as much of an impact. There were only approximately 70 million individuals online that year, which seems ancient in comparison to today's 5 billion users.

However, according to historian Eric Kotz's book The Jawsome Coast, the shark's adventure had just begun.

The monster piqued the curiosity of citizens and animal parks alike.

Although the Seal Rocks Life Center made an initial offer, they later backed out, forcing Wildlife Wonderland to remove Rosie from competitive waters.

She traveled 900 miles from South Australia to Bass, Victoria, on a refrigerated truck.

However, she was detained by the authorities before she arrived because a local lady had gone missing, and all eyes were on Rosie.

Before Wildlife Wonderland creator John Matthews packed her with Dacron and placed her in a gigantic custom-built tank full of formaldehyde, a grisly necropsy exonerated her as a suspect.

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