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Article: In shark tank, a great white survives; A white shark in captivity could offer new insights on the mysterious and feared creature.(USA)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- September 23, 2004
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Byline: Mark Sappenfield Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
MONTEREY, CALIF -- . - For a moment, Jill Udoutch stands face to face with a childhood nightmare. Raised on "Jaws," she was scared to go into the water. So when the pale snout of a great white shark emerges in the deep blue veil of seawater just a few feet away from her, she feels an almost unexplainable surge.
But with an acrylic window 13 inches thick separating Ms. Udoutch from the most feared carnivore on the planet, the thrill is not of terror but of awe. "It kind of takes the scare out of it," she says. "You see the elegance."
What she is watching here at the Monterey ...