Released by Aquarium, shark hustles to Mexico
(03-22) 19:30 PDT -- One of California's best wildlife stories of the year, tracking the coastal adventures of a young great white shark, took a
stunning twist in the past week.
The shark was released in February from the Monterey Bay Aquarium and in six weeks has already swum past the southern tip of Baja at Cabo San Lucas
and is heading south to the Mexican mainland. That is a distance of roughly 1,200 miles covered in 44 days, according to electronic reports, an
average of nearly 27 miles per day - and that's if the shark is swimming in a straight line, an unlikely event. That is the fastest a shark has been
documented migrating south from Monterey to Baja, according to the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
This past winter, more than 650,000 people saw the young great white shark during its 162-day stay at the aquarium.
Another twist is that the public can track the shark's position online, where its movements are updated and mapped. Check it out at:
las.pfeg.noaa.gov/TOPP_recent/index.html. |
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