Dozens of people looking for seashells found something much bigger, and perhaps “greater,” off of Florida’s coast.<\/p>\n
Around 49 guests with Hubbard’s Marina in Madeira Beach went on a shelling excursion at around 11:15 a.m. Friday when they found a roughly 10-foot Great White shark 25-75 yards from the shoreline of Shell Key.<\/p>\n
The shark was seen in the area for following large schools of tarpon fish as it was “displaying a calm but curious demeanor.”<\/p>\n
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“Seeing a shark of this size and grace so close to the island is a ‘stop-everything’ moment for our guests,” Captain Dylan Hubbard, Owner of Hubbard\u2019s Marina, said in a statement. “We see incredible wildlife every day\u2014from pods of dolphins to sea turtles\u2014but to see an apex predator following the tarpon run is a powerful reminder of how healthy and diverse our local ecosystem is right now.”<\/p>\n
The shark remained in the area for about 15 minutes before heading south.<\/p>\n
Hubbard’s Marina says it will use footage it captured of the shark to help researchers and the public better understand the movements of these animals in coastal waters.<\/p>\n
The marina is reminding the public that these animals are a natural part of the environment and typically pose no threat to beachgoers along the Pinellas County shoreline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dozens of people looking for seashells found something much bigger, and perhaps “greater,” off of Florida’s coast. Around…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":552553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[245656,11342,245657,245658,79,201],"class_list":["post-552552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-dylan-hubbard","tag-great-white-shark","tag-hubbard39s-marina","tag-madeira-beach","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/552553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}