. In any case, the location of where great white sharks are conceived and birthed is not settled science.In 2018, 26-year-old Arthur Medici went surfing off the coast of Cape Cod and succumbed to aThe attack came just weeks after a 61-year-old neurologist, William Lytton, was bitten by a shark off the coast of nearby Truro, Massachusetts. Lytton survived thanks to extraordinary life-saving measures by surgeons at Tufts Medical Center in Boston.
This concern is a major driving force behind Winton’s ongoing research. Sharks can be dangerous, but an increased understanding of shark behavior can significantly mitigate the risk of fatal shark encounters. “People might know that white sharks come here, but they think they’re far offshore,” Winton says. “We’ve seen sharks as big as 15 feet long in just four to five feet of water. And it’s incredible how camouflaged they can be. People might be right next to them and don’t even see them.”
“I used to dive Cape Cod in the 1970s, 80s, and 90s on shipwrecks and all kinds of things,” Skerry says. “I would never dive into those same places today — there are just so many sharks around.” “I think we should use science as best we can to understand these animals and their behaviors and then make decisions based on that science. I think that’s the best we can do,” he concludes.It is not just shark researchers who have benefited from huge leaps forward in camera technology. Brian Skerry tells“It has been a night and day difference.