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Monday, November 23, 2009

Photo: Great White Shark Filmed Breaching at Night -- A First


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A thermal image shows a great white shark breaching the ocean's surface to snare a seal.

Dramatic new video documents a 13-foot (4-meter) shark launching itself from the water to snare a seal at the surface—the first time such "breach feeding" has been proven to happen at night.

Photograph by Stefania Muller