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Juvenile great white shark swimming in green ocean waters
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This is the first documented sighting of a baby great white shark 

Updated on March 24, 2024February 4, 2024

It has been widely accepted that no one has ever seen a baby white shark in the wild until 2023. Great whites are very elusive when they give birth. Wildlife filmmaker Carlos Gauna and UC Riverside biology doctoral student Phillip Sternes may have captured the first-ever footage of a newborn great white shark near Santa Barbara, California.  …

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