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Oil Spill May Be Pushing Sharks Toward Fla. Beaches
<abbr class="published updated" title="2010-06-11T21:51:12-05:00">Updated: 1 day 20 hours ago</abbr>
Laura Parker Contributor
Experts have recorded a string of shark sightings near shore in recent weeks. Here, Jack Morris, a biologist at Mote Marine Laboratory in Florida, helps transfer a tiger shark out to sea.
(June 11) -- The appearance of a huge man-eating shark near a Florida beach on the cusp of the summer swimming season would not usually evoke a sympathetic response from either beachgoers or local tourism boosters.
But the discovery of a weakened, disoriented tiger shark -- measuring more than 11 feet and weighing some 800 pounds -- in the surf of Nokomis Beach last month has become something of a poignant symbol for what scientists fear most from the gulf oil spill: the unknown effects of the massive underwater oil plume and dispersants on marine life beneath the waves.
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<abbr class="published updated" title="2010-06-11T21:51:12-05:00">Updated: 1 day 20 hours ago</abbr>
Laura Parker Contributor
Experts have recorded a string of shark sightings near shore in recent weeks. Here, Jack Morris, a biologist at Mote Marine Laboratory in Florida, helps transfer a tiger shark out to sea.
(June 11) -- The appearance of a huge man-eating shark near a Florida beach on the cusp of the summer swimming season would not usually evoke a sympathetic response from either beachgoers or local tourism boosters.
But the discovery of a weakened, disoriented tiger shark -- measuring more than 11 feet and weighing some 800 pounds -- in the surf of Nokomis Beach last month has become something of a poignant symbol for what scientists fear most from the gulf oil spill: the unknown effects of the massive underwater oil plume and dispersants on marine life beneath the waves.
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Full text at:
http://www.aolnews.com/gulf-oil-spi...ushing-sharks-toward-florida-beaches/19513408