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Great White Sightings Prompt Cape Cod Swim Ban

For first time, officials tag Atlantic great white sharks

By Drew Nelles,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 6, 2009 4:51 PM CDT
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(Newser) – Several Cape Cod beaches have banned swimming this weekend after four great white sharks were spotted prowling the waters, the Cape Cod Times reports. Shark expert Gregory Skomal and his crew tagged two of them—described as 8 and 10 feet long—with high-tech trackers. It was a rare instance of experts tagging Atlantic great whites to follow their migratory patterns. "From a scientific perspective, it's fantastic," said Skomal.

This image provided by the Massachusets State Division of Marine Fisheries shows a great white shark swimming in the waters near Cape Cod Mass. in Oct. 2004.
This image provided by the Massachusets State Division of Marine Fisheries shows a great white shark swimming in the waters near Cape Cod Mass. in Oct. 2004.   (AP Photo/Massachusets State Division of Marine Fisheries)
A warning sign is posted near where swimmer Dr. David Martin was killed by a shark while swimming off the coast in Solana Beach, Calif. on Friday, April 25, 2008.
A warning sign is posted near where swimmer Dr. David Martin was killed by a shark while swimming off the coast in Solana Beach, Calif. on Friday, April 25, 2008.   (AP Photo/Sandy Huffaker)
Massachusetts officials are using high-tech tags to track the movements of two great white sharks near Cape Cod, the first time the fearsome fish have ever been tagged in the Atlantic Ocean.
Massachusetts officials are using high-tech tags to track the movements of two great white sharks near Cape Cod, the first time the fearsome fish have ever been tagged in the Atlantic Ocean.   (c)
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riffran
Sep 8, 2009 9:59 AM CDT
and one shark tells the next one ...Duuude you got a transmitter stuck in you're dorsal fin
riffran
Sep 8, 2009 9:58 AM CDT
well lets see.....GOP oceanographers, and shark experts see a credible threat of shark predation on innocent Americans and tags and tracks them. the ACLU and PETA file suit claiming biased predatory profiling, and invasion of privacy on behalf of the sharks. Litigation carries on for years, and only the lawyers get rich, and the sharks eat a ferry boat full of nuns, the pope issues a decree damming all sharks, prompting more litigation. Meanwhile one of the sharks dies from an overdose of digitalis that was on one of the nuns. Phizer gets a class action lawsuit on behalf of the sharks family for 45 million because they didn't warn specificaly not to give digoxin to sharks. George Soros donates 4 million to the shark defense fund, and states even sharks need healthcare. Bush is blamed.....
Derni
Sep 7, 2009 4:07 AM CDT
Are we filming another Jaws Movie using REAL sharks?

 
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