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Article: White Shark's Days Are Numbered; The Monterey Bay Aquarium's weekend-long shark celebration may be the beginning of the end.
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- Monterey County Weekly
- Article date:
- February 24, 2005
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The white shark may be shrouded in a school of shimmering uncertainties, but one thing is for certain: the female that's been patrolling the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Outer Bay exhibit for the last four months won't be here forever.
"It's inevitable that we'll have to release her," says the Aquarium's Rachel Gomez. "She's going to be too big for the tank sooner or later. We'll keep her as long as she's still feeding and successfully navigating the tank."
In the meantime, the white shark is one of the most observed creatures in the world. In addition to 24-hour video surveillance and a team of 15 to 20 people, led by senior biologists who evaluate her every day, the aquarium has enjoyed a 30 ...