{"id":180867,"date":"2025-09-30T20:35:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T20:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/180867\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T20:35:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T20:35:08","slug":"video-first-time-elusive-white-shark-filmed-in-rhode-island-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/180867\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: First time \u2018elusive\u2019 white shark filmed in Rhode Island waters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\" data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_1_url\" class=\"video-link\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/y8o0ph0sq92mny40.jpg\" alt=\"Scientists announced on Tuesday that they filmed for the first time ever a white shark swimming off the coast of Rhode Island.\" width=\"992\" height=\"558\"\/><\/a>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\">Scientists announced on Tuesday that they filmed for the first time ever a white shark swimming off the coast of Rhode Island.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">BROCK ISLAND, R.I. \u2013 Scientists announced Tuesday that they filmed for the first time ever a white shark swimming off the coast of <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/rhode-island\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Rhode Island<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Underwater footage showed the animal swimming in light teal waters near Block Island. According to officials with the Atlantic Shark Institute (ASI), the shark was likely a juvenile shark and one that had never been seen before.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Officials noted the shark sighting was a &#8220;needle in the haystack.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bruv.png\" alt=\"White shark swims near the BRUVs.\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">White shark swims near the BRUVs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"> (Atlantic Shark Institute \/ FOX Weather)<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;These small white sharks can be so elusive we didn&#8217;t know if it would ever happen,&#8221; said Jon Dodd, executive director of the ASI.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/animals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">animal<\/a> was filmed using ASI\u2019s Baited Remote Underwater Video Systems, or BRUVs, officials said. BRUVs are custom-built systems that involve waterproof cameras set inside protective housing and are installed on the sea floor.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Deployed at depths of up to 1,000 meters (3,281 feet), the BRUVs use \u2013 as their name suggests \u2013 bait to attract the animals researchers wish to study.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">In the years scientists have been using BRUVs, this recently shot footage is the first time they have ever captured images of a white shark using BRUVs.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-635862732.jpg\" alt=\"FILE: An adult white shark\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">FILE: An adult white shark<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"> (\u00a0Prisma Bildagentur\/Universal Images Group via Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;This is another excellent data point for our white shark research here in Southern New England, and we hope it\u2019s not the last,&#8221; Dodd said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/how-to-watch-fox-weather-on-tv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HOW TO WATCH FOX WEATHER<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">White sharks, which are also commonly referred to as great white sharks, live near the shore, according to NOAA. It is one of the most widely protected sharks in the world, due to its natural vulnerabilities, such as low reproduction rates and sensitivity to human impacts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scientists announced on Tuesday that they filmed for the first time ever a white shark swimming off the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180868,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[49,48,66,323],"class_list":{"0":"post-180867","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-science","11":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}