A new study on juvenile white sharks may ruin the relaxed vibes of California beach visitors this summer — or make them more aware of how to safely interact with the predators.
Sharks are more common at some beaches than previously thought, a two-year study from Long Beach State Shark Lab found.
The report used video and photo documentation from 1,500 drone flights over 26 Southern California beaches.
For the first time, researchers were able to document just how close juvenile great white sharks get to people wading, swimming, surfing and paddleboarding.
The study was published in the journal PLOS. No shark bites at the observed locations were reported during the study.
The research, conducted by graduate student Patrick Rex, used aerial surveys of the nearshore ocean waters along 26 beaches of the Southern California coastline.
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