FEBRUARY 11, 2020
by Mark Price
The clustering of great white sharks
off the Carolinas coast is growing more pronounced and mysterious, based on
satellite tracking data shared Saturday on social media.
Eight tagged great white sharks are
now practically on top of each other along the border of North and South
Carolina—and they represent the only sharks currently tracking along the East
Coast, according to a map posted on Facebook by OCEARCH.
"What do you think could be
causing this big gap in where white sharks are pinging right now," the
nonprofit asked in its post. "There are pings in the Gulf of Mexico and
then a big grouping in North Carolina/South Carolina but none in the
middle."
Researchers began noticing a
convergence of great white sharks off the Carolinas in late January, but the
group was more spread out.
Now the sharks are exhibiting a
clear preference for the same spot off Southport, near Wilmington, the data
shows.
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