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Massachusetts-based marine scientists attach camera to great white for intriguing 'shark's-eye view'
Cape Cod, Massachusetts-based marine scientists successfully attached a camera tag to a great white shark in waters off the southeastern portion of the U.S. for just the second time.
Atlantic White Shark Conservancy (AWSC) scientist Megan Winton and charter boat Capt. Chip Michalove of Outcast Sportfishing were both working off the coast of South Carolina, when they caught a 9-foot female white shark and attached a camera tag to her dorsal fin. The duo also attached a GPS tag onto the fin, which will transmit the shark’s location in real time for about a year, whenever it breaks the surface of the water.
AWSC said in a press release that it recently updated its “White Shark Catalog” for 2024, which is available for the public to view and includes “the most comprehensive source of photos and information on individual white sharks that have been identified along the Atlantic Coast.”
The organization has been able to grow its catalog to contain over 700 white sharks all documented along the northwestern portion of the Atlantic Ocean.
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The most recent shark to be tagged with a camera and GPS locator will eventually be available for tracking on the organization’s app, Sharktivity.
The camera clamped onto the shark will give researchers a “shark’s-eye” view while also recording data on the shark’s environment and movements with the help of sensors, 10 times per second.
The device will completely detach itself from the shark after about a day, before resurfacing and transmitting its location for researchers to retrieve the camera.
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Researchers plan to use the data to learn why white sharks return to the waters off the Carolinas during the winter and spring months.
“We know from historical records and tagging data collected over the past 15 years that the southeast U.S. is an important overwintering habitat for white sharks,” Winton said. “But we don’t know that much about how they use the area exactly, or what it is they’re doing when they’re there.”
Michalove named the shark he and Winton tagged, Jason Flack, in honor of a Hilton Head, South Carolina, local who died in a hit-and-run crash in February.
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The duo also worked together and tagged the great white shark known as LeeBeth, which gained international attention after she was tracked the furthest west in the Gulf of Mexico than any previously tracked white shark.
AWSC did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment on the latest shark to be tagged.
Still, being able to capture a great white shark and place research technology on it is something the charter captain never thought he would be able to do, all in the name of science.
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“I never thought I’d be holding the dorsal fin of a great white shark and applying this type of technology,” Michalove said. “I’ve been intrigued with these sharks my whole life, and what we’ve learned from their paths has been fascinating.”
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Massachusetts lotto player wins second $1 million prize in just 10 weeks
A Massachusetts woman miraculously cashed in her second $1 million lottery ticket in just 10 weeks.
Christine Wilson, of Attleborough, struck gold again playing the Massachusetts State Lottery’s “100X Cash” $10 instant ticket game, lottery officials announced on Wednesday.
She had purchased the ticket at Family Food Mart in Mansfield, which will receive $10,000 for selling the big winner.
Just over 2 months ago, Wilson claimed a $1 million prize off a “Lifetime Millions” $50 instant ticket on Feb. 23. She had purchased that ticket at Dubs’s Discount Liquors in Mansfield.
She decided to receive both of her prizes in the form of lump cash payments of $650,000 each — before taxes.
Wilson told the Massachusetts State Lottery after the first win that she planned to buy a new SUV, which she did.
Following her second $1 million win, she said she’ll put the money in savings.
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MA AG Sues Septic Company Over Waste Dumped Into Blackstone Wetlands
BLACKSTONE, MA — Attorney General Andrea Campbell is suing a Blackstone septic services company, alleging that the company dumped untreated waste into wetland areas owned by the town.
The lawsuit filed against several companies under the umbrella of Marchand Environmental alleges that the company violated the state Wetlands Protection Act and Massachusetts Clean Waters Act, among other laws.
According to Campbell, the company illicitly expanded its 25 Elm St. property using wood waste and construction debris, and then used those areas to dump untreated septic waste. The waste then seeped into wetland areas, which protect some of Blackstone’s drinking water wells.
“[T]he Defendants dumped septage from the pumping truck into a large wood pile, resulting in septage seeping into wetland resource areas. In addition, the complaint alleges that the Defendants’ trucks leaked septic waste directly onto the ground, resulting in dangerously high levels of fecal coliform bacteria contamination from human waste in wetland resource areas on Blackstone’s property,” the lawsuit says.
The company’s property abuts the Southern New England Trunkline Trail and Harris Pond, which flows into the Blackstone River near the Rhode Island line.
Campbell is suing for civil damages, but also to force the company to clean up the contaminated wetlands.
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