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A great white shark trapped herself in this lagoon for several days in 2004. She just kept swimming around and apparently couldn't find her way out. Finally the environmental police managed to coax her through the small channel to open water (channel is off to the right of this photo.)
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bluebird42

Interesting read. Thank you. For years I've been under the impression the two scientists involved were from WHOI, but they were MBL scientists.

jetmech7

Jacki, when adrenalin kicks in a person can do amazing feats , like your friend standing on top of the reef.
I have seen sand sharks at Bowers beach in Delaware near Dover Air Force base where I was station for a couple years. There were thousands of Horseshoe crabs that came ashore at a certain time of the year. I Googled Horseshoe crabs and found there is a medicinal use for them discovered at Woods Hole. See site below.

http://www.horseshoecrab.org/med/med.html

bluebird42

Great story Jim. Here on the Cape what you'd most likely see in those circumstances would be a sand shark (also called a dogfish). They get pretty big but none have ever attacked anyone. The great white was an anomaly, although they're appearing more frequently now. Water temperature rising maybe?

A friend of mine had an experience somewhat similar to yours: He said, "I was snorkeling in the Caribbean, came around the side of a coral reef and was facing a very large shark. "The next thing I knew I was standing on top of the coral reef. I have no idea how I got there."

jetmech7

Very impressive Jackie, I see a lot of people on the beach watching. About 50 years ago my bride and myself drove down to Miami on our honeymoon. One day I was in the water about waist deep talking to another guy about 10 feet away. We both had drinks, something about 12 feet long swam between us, his eyes got big ,mine must have too, we left the water rapidly . That was the last time I ever went into the ocean . I used the pools after that. Jim

laurajane

I am glad this story had a happy ending.

bluebird42

She was a very private shark and was not thrilled with spending the rest of her life telling people where she was.

pumpkinhead

A real draw for the tourists!
Love that she shed the tag!

bluebird42

People were arriving by boat from every direction watching. The EP (Environmental Police) were kept busy with keeping people away from her. And yes, I think the entire known and imagined lore about GWs was covered. In fact they're still talking about her and GWs in general. A week or so ago there was a long report in the local paper about the resurgence of GWs in the NorthEast Atlantic. One bit I'd forgotten is that they tagged her while she was here, and once they got her back out into open water, she shed the tag and left it floating over near Martha's Vineyard (which you can see in the background of this photo -- when you look at the big puzzle.

warbler

There's a bunch of people back there watching you take this photo and probably discussing everything known about GW's and much unknown about them.

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