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3 Great White Sharks Tagged Off Cape Cod
Three great white sharks have been tagged off Cape Cod so far this summer.
Photo credit: Atlantic White Shark Conservancy
Eastham, MA — Another great white shark was tagged close to the Cape Cod shoreline Wednesday.
Scientists with the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy tagged the shark off Coast Guard Beach in Eastham.
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Dr. Skomal, working with @A_WhiteShark, just tagged the 3rd white shark of 2016 off Cape Cod (Coastguard Beach). pic.twitter.com/mgkLvtRWzf
— Atlantic White Shark (@A_WhiteShark) July 6, 2016
In June, a great white was captured close to the Provincetown shore eating a seal and two more great whites were tagged to the south:
Dr. Skomal, w/ AWSC, just tagged 2nd white shark of '16 off Cape Cod. On snapchat a_whiteshark and sharkweeksnaps! pic.twitter.com/shVP7TjlJ4
— Atlantic White Shark (@A_WhiteShark) June 27, 2016
What a day! First white shark tagged this season, and the research team documented the second predation in one week! pic.twitter.com/rN9z0pvLpH
— Atlantic White Shark (@A_WhiteShark) June 24, 2016
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Great white sharks have a well-documented summertime presence in Cape Cod waters. Sightings have “surged” in the last few years, according to federal researchers.
The last great white attack on a human in Massachusetts was in 2012, when a great white bit a man on the leg off the coast of Truro. The man survived and kept his leg.
There was a close call in September 2014, when a great white chomped a kayak with two women aboard. They were not hurt.
In 1916, a shark killed four people and seriously injured a fifth off the New Jersey coast—providing the inspiration for “Jaws,” which was filmed on Martha's Vineyard.
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