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Article: Traveling Sharks: There's more to the seashore than sand, sun and surf--there's science all around you. Here are six puzzles to ponder.(Brief Article)
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- Newsweek
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- July 8, 2002
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Byline: Fred Guterl
The huge shark in "Jaws" liked to hang around Martha's Vineyard. But it turns out that great whites prefer to roam. Marine biologist Peter Pyle attached electronic tags to four great whites off the coast of northern California two years ago. "We kind of had an idea they'd head south to Baja," where there's a feeding ground off the coast, he says. Pyle was shocked to find the sharks heading due west instead, eventually ending up in Hawaii, 2,500 miles away.
The trip has biologists astonished. Since the sharks cruise at a poky 2mph, the journey took months. And there were no snack stops; great whites feed on mammals, not fish. Even in ...
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