However, within days the shark’s health began to deteriorate. It’s swimming slowed and it refused to eat when fed.

Great whites must swim continuously to oxygenate their bodies and maintain their body temperature.

These huge predators have been held by aquariums before but none have successfully kept them alive.

There are dozens of reasons why captivity is bad for sharks – including their refusal to be fed by humans. You can read more here.

Aquariums have been proved to shorten aquatic animals’ lives significantly, as we discovered in our investigation into UK aquariums.