The Atlantic Shark Institute shared a video on Sunday of an “elusive” great white shark that was recorded underwater off the coast of Rhode Island for the first time.
Sharing the video in a Sunday post on Facebook, the Atlantic Shark Institute announced, “We are really excited to share a first for Rhode Island and a first for the ASI’s Baited Remote Underwater Video System (BRUVs) research. In the last week we got a video of this beautiful juvenile great white shark cruising past one of our BRUVs near Block Island!”
The Atlantic Shark Institute explained that the type of great white shark that was captured in the underwater video can be “elusive” and has a “very small population” compared to other shark species in the Northwest Atlantic. Researchers added that the sharks are not easy to find or to witness in their natural environment.
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“It’s a beautiful video and it was so wonderful to document this majestic shark cruising the waters near Block Island and investigating our BRUVs,” Atlantic Shark Institute Executive Director Jon Dodd said in a statement obtained by ABC 6…