A great hammerhead shark has washed ashore on a North Carolina beach with a "deep laceration," according to local experts. After being seen in the surf multiple times, it washed ashore at around 1:20 p.m., the North Carolina Shark Conservancy told The Independent. A great hammerhead shark has washed ashore on a North Carolina beach with a 'deep laceration,' according to local experts (North Carolina Shark Conservancy)Beachgoer Paige Furr called the shark's discovery a "once-in-a-lifetime thing." Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementThe North Carolina Shark Conservancy was unable to determine the shark's cause of death, but offered some clues about the animal's condition. The great hammerhead shark is listed as "critically endangered" on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species.