Article: Great white shark by the numbers.

Byline: Karen Ravn

Apr. 1--Her fans came from all over the world.

They stood in long lines and paid big bucks to see her.

But the great white shark was starting to act a little too much like a great white shark. And that wasn't in the script.

So early Thursday morning, with no advance publicity, and only a tiny audience there to watch, the Monterey Bay Aquarium's blockbuster star swam off into the sunrise.

"I didn't expect the emotional response that I had," said Jon Hoech, curator at the aquarium.

Some aquarium visitors had emotional responses, too, when they discovered that the great white had left the building.

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