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The Ghosts of the Mediterranean: What a rare great white shark sighting could reveal about a changing ocean

Headlines were made this week when scuba divers removing abandoned ghost nets from a shipwreck between Tunisia and Sicily filmed an adult great white shark. The footage quickly made global news, yet the real story is not that a great white was seen in the Mediterranean, but that many people were sur...

The Ghosts of the Mediterranean: What a rare great white shark sighting could reveal about a changing ocean
Image: Phys.org
Headlines were made this week when scuba divers removing abandoned ghost nets from a shipwreck between Tunisia and Sicily filmed an adult great white shark. The footage quickly made global news, yet the real story is not that a great white was seen in the Mediterranean, but that many people were surprised by its presence at all.

Originally published at Phys.org

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