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A pop-up satellite tag on a pregnant porbeagle off Cape Cod recorded four days of anomalously stable, warm internal readings that didn’t match surrounding water, suggesting the tag sat inside a predator’s stomach. Pattern analysis points to a white shark rather than a mako, though this is not conclusive and represents a single data point about predation on porbeagles.
A nearly 9-foot porbeagle shark washed up on a beach in southern New England, sparking interest from experts who identified it as an endangered species. The Atlantic Shark Institute plans to conduct a necropsy to understand why the shark died and to study its anatomy for research purposes. Despite similarities to great white sharks, porbeagles have different habits and are not known to interact with humans frequently. The discovery provides a rare opportunity to study a shark population that has seen a significant decrease in recent years, potentially indicating a healthy ecosystem in the area.