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Great white shark washes up on Nantucket ; Discovery provides a rare opportunity
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The Boston Globe
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July 16, 2008
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This one was for real. State shark specialists have determined
that a big fish that washed up on a beach in Nantucket Monday was a
6 1/2-foot great white shark.
It is a rare find for the scientists, who have not seen a great
white carcass wash up on a Massachusetts beach in at least two
decades, said Lisa Capone, a spokeswoman for the Executive Office of
Energy and Environmental Affairs.
"It's an opportunity to try to learn something," she said.
The discovery of the young female shark's carcass at a beach off
Sheep Pond Road follows an unconfirmed sighting by lifeguards last
week that led to the closing of South Beach on Martha's Vineyard.
Another sighting reported at the Vineyard's State ...