Great white sharks, not the most beautiful thing in the sea but captivating all the same. This article tells the tale of biologist Greg Skomal and his search for answers about the lives of the deadly great whites off the coast of Monomoy Island. The plan was simple; attach electronic tags to five great whites and then watch as they travel. Vital research information such as when their surfacing schedule is, and tracking their thousand mile trek southward. The first shark was tagged off the coast Chatham in September where it hung around New England for awhile. It stayed in and around the cost of Nantucket until rapidly traveling south. This sudden change has been equated as a sudden cold snap that disagreed with the great white. in November the shark reached Virginia Beach. By December it reached the shores of Jacksonville, it must have found this area of nominal conditions as it didn’t stray past Daytona Beach.
This information I found particularly surprising as I had assumed that great whites were well studied as far as their traveling habits. Apparently I was wrong.
The only question I have to ask is:
At what point in the year would the sharks begin traveling back to New England.
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