As extra folks flock to the Cape for the summer season, extra eyes are on the water — and extra nice white sharks are beginning to get noticed.
Also, a number of seals with shark bites have been reported across the area within the final week, based on the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy’s Sharktivity app.
“Wounded seal on beach at Long Point Light Station (Provincetown) with bite marks along back,” reads the Sharktivity put up from final week.
Then on Friday afternoon up within the North Shore in Gloucester, a seal with a shark chunk was reported by a number of witnesses.
Also final week, a seal with a shark chunk was noticed up in Maine alongside Casco Bay.
This is the time of the yr when sharks return to the Cape and area, because the apex predators hunt for seals near shore.
On Saturday afternoon, an individual on a ship snapped a photograph of a shark cruising in Wellfleet Harbor. Also at across the identical time, a 6-foot nice white was noticed off the tip of Billingsgate in Cape Cod Bay.
On Monday, a brand new National Geographic particular about Cape Cod and nice white sharks, “Return of the White Shark,” will probably be premiering as a part of Nat Geo’s Sharkfest.
The documentary follows native shark researchers as they tag the apex predators and attempt to predict the sharks’ actions and behaviors to assist maintain residents and vacationers secure.
The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy tweeted, “Catch AWSC’s Staff Scientist, Megan Winton, and @GregSkomal with the @MassDMF on National Geographic’s 2023 SharkFest! Watch ‘Return of the White Shark’ on July 3rd at 9pm AND ‘Shark Below Zero’, on July 5th at 9pm – both on @NatGeoTV. #sharkfest2023.”
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