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First Great White Shark Tagged Off Cape Cod This Summer

It was the second great white sighting off the Cape Cod coast this season.

Photo Credit: Atlantic Shark Conservancy -- Underwater image of Avery, the 13-foot female white shark tagged by Greg Skomal on July 6 off the south cut in Chatham.

Researchers tagged the shark, which they estimated to be 12-13 feet, off the south cut of Chatham.

Coincidentally, it is Shark Week on the Discovery Channel.

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It was the second great white sighting off the Cape Cod coast this season. Last month, researchers spotted this one near Orleans.


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