"Groundbreaking Footage: First-Ever Live Newborn Great White Shark Captured on Camera"
TL;DR
Researchers in California may have captured the first ever image of a newborn great white shark, about 5ft long and pure white, shedding its embryonic layer in drone images taken near Santa Barbara. The finding, documented in the Environmental Biology of Fishes journal, is considered a "holy grail" of shark science, as no one has previously observed a newborn great white shark in the wild. Experts have hailed the observation as "hugely significant" in the field of marine biology.
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- ‘Holy grail’: researchers may have captured first image of newborn great white shark The Guardian
- Drone video shows first-ever view of live newborn great white shark Fox Weather
- These images may provide the world's first look at a live newborn great white shark CBS News
- First-ever footage of newborn great white shark released ABC News
- "Holy grail" of shark science: Newborn great white shark caught on video for first time ever Salon
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