Watch: 1st shark spotted off Cape Cod this season is a species often mistaken for great whites
Updated Apr 30, 10:40 AM;
Posted Apr 30, 10:40 AM
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It’s getting to be that time of year when fins start popping up in the waters off the Bay State.
The first basking shark of the season was spotted this year off the coast of Cape Cod. The underwater creature, the second-largest living fish, was seen yards away from Herring Cove Beach in Provincetown, according to the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy, a nonprofit that supports scientific research and tracks shark sightings.
The AWSC shared a video credited to Craig Marcotte of the large shark swimming in the waters close to the beach. Its lengthy, dark fins were seen by several beachgoers, one of whom can be heard swearing in the video.