You heard it hear first! Another White Shark.

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Yeah, isn't it a shame that the MBA adds to our understanding of White sharks? Isn't it a shame that the MBA released the last White Shark they had into the wild? Isn't a shame that millions of people will get educated about White Sharks when they visit the MBA? Shame on the MBA...

Here's the press release on the MBA website.

http://www.mbayaq.org/whiteshark/
 
Randy,

As a volunteer diver for the Monterey Bay Aquarium (MBA), I am pumped -- mostly for the reasons Greg mentioned above. Although I have not heard the offical word about us volunteers diving with the newly obtained white shark, only staff were permitted in the exhibit with the previous white. However, I did dive with the oceanic whitetip shark in the same exhibit -- that was an awesome experience that I will never forget.
 
I have mixed emotions about this, on one hand I see the larger picture. However, I don't think white sharks will ever be able to be held in a captive environment. They are a deep ocean fish who changes depths and locations constantly. Lastly, I don't know how much more they can learn from having already had a white shark in captivity.

I love white sharks and want to understand them, but I don't know if a captive environment is the best place to study them. I could be wrong it has happened before.
 
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