Off Australia’s most famous beach, a rare and disturbing sight has reignited a familiar argument: Do shark nets protect swimmers, or kill marine life indiscriminately?

Drone footage circulating online shows a tiger shark entangled in a shark net offshore from Bondi Beach, Sydney.

The animal was dead, according to 10 News Sydney , which described it as “a rare sight” and reported it was the first tiger shark caught there “in at least 12 years.” No official size was determined for the shark, but this was an absolute unit; see below.

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The aerial video offers an unsettling perspective on an otherwise idyllic stretch of sand. It also captures something surprisingly uncommon: a shark net ensnaring one of the species it is actually designed to catch.

New South Wales installs seasonal nets at 51 beaches between Newcastle and Wollongong, targeting tiger, bull, and white sharks.…