Monterey Bay Aquarium releases great white shark
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A female great white shark was released to the sea 11 days after arriving at the Monterey Bay Aquarium because it wouldn’t eat, the Monterey County Herald reports:
The 4-foot, 55-pound shark, caught in Santa Monica Bay on Aug. 16, only ate once during its stay at the aquarium. The shark, which went on display Aug. 27, was still swimming and navigating well, but aquarium animal care experts didn’t want to risk endangering its health, said aquarium spokesman Ken Peterson. ‘She looked great ... but they can only survive so long without taking in some groceries,’ he said. The shark was taken from the aquarium’s Outer Bay exhibit before 8 a.m. Sunday and released into the wild in the Santa Barbara Channel about 1:30 p.m. The shark was the fourth white shark to spend time at the aquarium, and like the others — whose stays ranged from four to six months — it was tagged with a tracking device before being released.
-- Francisco Vara-Orta