The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy reported that a great white shark, which is now past its peak season, was spotted attacking a seal off Massachusetts’ coast.
Tweeted by the nonprofit group, an attack occurred near Monomoy Island’s southern tip, an 8-mile stretch that runs southwest of Chatham, Massachusetts.
This attack took place on November 7, and the footage was taken by a man named R. Nossa.
A 32 second video shows the shark following the seal. It briefly breaches the water’s surface with its dorsal end.
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The great white shark, which was seen attacking an animal seal in Massachusetts’ Cape Cod area, attacked another seal.
Video shows the shark chasing the seal. The shark’s dorsal Fin briefly breaches the surface of water.
They bloody attack happened near the southern tip of Monomoy Island, an eight-mile stretch of sand that goes southwest from Chatham, Massachusetts
It happened after “we have passed peak seasons for [great] white shark activity along the Cape Cod coast,’ the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy said
The ocean calms down, but there is still a lot of noise and thrashing.
Cape Cod is home to many great white sharks. They visit the area regularly between August and Oct due to its warm waters. Although sharks can sometimes be seen as late as November (AWSC), it’s still not the ‘peak’.
Researchers from shark research warned in July that 4 great whites, including Mary Lee, a giant 16-foot, 3456-pound fish, were moving northward from New York to Cape Cod.
It’s not clear if the attacks were carried out by any of the great whites, as much footage is taken underwater.
Separately in July, researchers spotted blacktip reef sharks off New York’s coastline, noting that the species was moving north due to climate change to swim in warmer waters.
Live Science reports that there’s been a significant increase in shark and seal populations over the past few years as a result of conservation efforts.
A study in May found that nearly 300 California-based great whites were living near the California coast. This is a 35 percent increase over 10 years.
The news outlet said that there have been great white sightings along the New England coast due to the increase in population. Some were as close as 10 feet away from the beach.
According to September’s study, overfishing has led to the extinction of one-third all species of shark and ray species.
The findings, which span eight years, show that the number of sharks, rays and chimaera – a group known as chondrichthyan fish – threatened with extinction have doubled to 32.6 percent since 2014.
The number of human attacks has not changed despite the increase in the great white shark population.
Though only a small percentage of 548 known shark species are known to be dangerous, the majority have been reported by three of their shark species: bull sharks, great Whites (pictured) or Tiger Sharks.
According to ISAF, the odds of getting killed by sharks in America are greater than 3.7million to 1.
According to the International Shark Attack File (ISAF), there were 57 unprovoked cases of shark attacks on humans in 2020, down from the 2015-2019 average of 80 per year.
The low number of shark attacks was partly due to the COVID-19 epidemic. However, it is notable that 10 people were killed by them in 2020. Experts described this as an ‘unusually fatal year’.
Four unprovoked shark-related deaths are the average per year.
Only 2% of all the 548 shark species have attacked humans. However, three shark species – bull sharks (great whites), tiger sharks and great whites – account for the majority.
According to USA Today, the odds of getting killed by sharks in America are greater than 3.7million to 1. USA Today also notes that domestically, bees, dogs and wasps kills more people than sharks.