great white sharks-the seasonal visitors return

OCEARCH scientist tagging a great white shark off Nova Scotia.
OCEARCH scientist tagging a great white shark off Nova Scotia.

Warm waters of Gulf Stream are fall playground for great whites heading south.

As northern water become colder, the great white sharks head south for the winter, bringing them close to the Outer Banks in the Gulf Stream according to scientists at OCEARCH. Charles Duncan, writing for the Raleigh News & Observer has the story.

OCEARCH scientist tagging a great white shark off Nova Scotia.
OCEARCH scientist tagging a great white shark off Nova Scotia.

“There’s a growing number of great white sharks off North Carolina’s Outer Banks, and researchers say there are more on the way.

Four sharks that have tracking devices on them have “pinged” in the area in recent days, according to Ocearch.”

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