'Celebrity shark' dies at Barcelona Aquarium

A shark captured in shallow waters where it had become a daily lure for tourists on a Spanish beach died today at the Barcelona Aquarium.

A shark captured in shallow waters where it had become a daily lure for tourists on a Spanish beach died today at the Barcelona Aquarium.

Biologists had said they did not expect the seven-foot female sandbar shark to survive because it stopped swimming after being taken to the aquarium on Monday and needed help from divers to keep moving and thus breathing.

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