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'Record' Great White Shark Sightings Prompt Beach Warning on Cape Cod
Researchers said the sharks are swimming closer to shore. The shark sightings this week prompted warning flags at Nauset Beach.
Researchers this week said they tagged four great white sharks off Cape Cod, prompting a shark warning for beachgoers.
The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy said researchers tagged the sharks near Chatham Monday. Last month, 17 great whites were spotted off Cape Cod—mostly in the Chatham area.
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Researchers said the sharks are swimming closer to shore than usual. There have been no shark attacks on humans so far this summer on the Cape. The last attack was in 2012 off the coast of Truro. The victim, a man, survived a bit to the leg.
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Researchers this summer have captured incredible footage of shark attacks on seals—and even a humpback whale—off the Cape coast.
The shark sightings this week prompted the raising of warning flags at Nauset Beach in Orleans, according to Doug Fraser of the Cape Cod Times:
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