Blacktip Reef Shark Found LIKE THIS On 'Leonardo DiCaprio Island'

This heartbreaking picture shows a baby blacktip reef shark that was found dead after getting its head stuck in an empty rice bag on a beach made famous by Leonardo DiCaprio. Diving instructor Andrew Hewett found the stranded creature floating in the waters around Maya Bay on the island of Koh Phi Phi Ley, Thailand, at the weekend. He said the the shark had ''found dead in a bag at Maya Bay''. Its head was poking through a tiny opening in the white canvas sack that would have once been used to sell rice. The shark drowned after getting stuck in the bag and being unable to swim. Tragically, it comes just weeks after environmentalists were overjoyed after seeing dozens of blacktip reef sharks swimming in the area for the first time since it was closed to the public in May this year due to the damaging environmental effects of tourism. Idyllic Maya Bay became one of the world’s most popular beaches after it was made famous by the 2000 film The Beach, starring Leonardo DiCaprio.