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91直播视频shark researchers confirm great white bite marks on whale off Maine coast

Professor of marine sciences James Sulikowski
Professor of marine sciences James Sulikowski

91直播视频 professor of Marine Science James Sulikowski has confirmed bite marks found on a dead whale off the Maine coast are from a great white shark. Sulikowski beleives the bites happened after the whale was already dead.

A commercial fisherman alerted Sulikowski to the whale after finding it floating about 5 miles off the coast of Old Orchard Beach. The area is approximately 3 miles from where Sulikowski recently deployed underwater cameras with bait in the hopes of catching a great white on camera. 

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Sulikowski and his students measured the bite at 18 inches across, and estimate the shark is 12-14 feet long.

 

91直播视频researchers confirm bite marks on whale are from a great white shark
91直播视频researchers confirm bite marks on whale are from a great white shark

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