Â鶹´«Ã½shark researchers confirm great white bite marks on whale off Maine coast
Professor of marine sciences James Sulikowski
Â鶹´«Ã½ 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.
Â鶹´«Ã½researchers confirm bite marks on whale are from a great white shark