Great white shark seen during marine mammal survey!

Our research team spotted a great white shark while conducting a marine mammal survey in Onslow Bay on Wednesday, April 24th. The shark was approximately 12 miles out of Bogue Inlet and was feeding on a floating humpback whale carcass. The story made it to the local news:

http://www.wcti12.com/news/fisherman-talks-about-close-encounter-with-shark/-/13530444/19901310/-/121sra9z/-/index.html

A great white shark swimming off the coast of North Carolina

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 A great white shark feeding on a humpback whale carcass

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A tiger shark feeding on a humpback whale carcass

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