Video: Basking shark washes ashore on White Horse Beach
by TheDorsalFin on Aug.23, 2010 at 6:43 pm, under Shark News Stories, Shark Videos
According to NECN, a basking shark, which was first spotted swimming not far from shore on August 19, was later found washed ashore on White Horse Beach in Plymouth, MA.
The basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus), a filter-feeder, is generally considered harmless to humans.
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September 2nd, 2010 on 2:25 pm
[...] inclined to agree. Basking sharks are also not uncommon in Massachusetts waters. Just last month a basking shark washed ashore on a Massachusetts beach after being filmed earlier swimming very close to [...]