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Shark 'Buddies' Swim Through Mass Waters Together, A 'Potentially' Groundbreaking Discovery Shark 'Buddies' Swim Through Mass Waters Together, A 'Potentially' Groundbreaking Discovery
Shark 'Buddies' Swim Through Mass Waters Together, A 'Potentially' Groundbreaking Discovery Even sharks like traveling with their friends.  A pair of white sharks, Jekyll and Simon, appear to be traveling North American waters together, a finding that is in opposition to the commonly-held perception that sharks are solitary creatures, according to the Museum of Science.  "We don't really expect to see these white sharks staying together," said Bob Hueter, chief scientist at the non-profit marine research organization OCEARCH. "But Simon and Jekyll, they seem to be buddies in the sense that they're going to the same place at the same time." Researchers tracked shark buds off the …
Mass Waters Home To One Of Largest Shark Hotspots Worldwide, New Study Says Mass Waters Home To One Of Largest Shark Hotspots Worldwide, New Study Says
Mass Waters Home To One Of Largest Shark Hotspots Worldwide, New Study Says The waters of Cape Cod are confirmed to be chock-full of toothy grey predators, according to a new study.  Approximately 800 sharks visited the waters of Cape Cod between 2015 to 2018, making the area one of the world's largest hotspots for white sharks, according to a new study published in the Marine Ecology Progress Series journal. Lead researcher Megan Winton and her co-researchers Gavin Fay and Greg Skomal conducted an intensive mark-recapture survey of the sharks in the Cape Cod area, creating the first-ever estimate of white shark abundance ever produced in the North Atlantic Ocean,…
Meet the Great Whites Spotted Off Cape Cod (And Stay 'Shark Smart') Meet the Great Whites Spotted Off Cape Cod (And Stay 'Shark Smart')
Meet the Great Whites Spotted Off Cape Cod (And Stay 'Shark Smart') Two sharks were spotted off the Massachusetts coast just in time to celebrate the Fourth of July. Anne Bonny and Ormond, two white sharks who collectively weigh over 1,000 pounds, were tracked swimming in the waters off Cape Cod in the week leading up to Independence Day, according to the free tracker created by OCEARCH, a global non-profit organization that researches keystone marine species. The number of white sharks seen in Cape Cod's waters has increased in recent years, according to the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries. The Outer Cape is a particularly popular spot for sha…