The unlikely passenger, about 1.2m long, was found under a row of seats on a Queens-bound train.

 

The conductor asked passengers to leave the carriage and the train continued to the end of the line, where a supervisor¹ disposed of the shark.

 

Pigeons and even an opossum（负鼠） have made their way on to the trains before, but never a shark, transit² officials said. 

 

However, where it came from remains³ a mystery.

 

Isvett Verde, of Brooklyn, New York, who took a photo of the shark, said she noticed that the empty carriage of the N train "smelled extremely fishy⁴" when she boarded at 8th Street.

 

"It's hard to be surprised as there are always crazy things happening in this city, but even that was a bit much," she told the BBC. 

 

Other pictures of the exotic discovery have also gone viral, including one of the shark with a cigarette in its mouth next to a fare card and a can of energy drink.

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