Posted November 04, 2009 01:05 PM

PACIFIC'S EDGE: Monterey Bay Aquarium staff release a young female white shark on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009 near the southern tip of Monterey Bay. The shark was the fifth of her species to be successfully exhibited at the Aquarium and released. Photo by © Monterey Bay Aquarium/Randy Wilder

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Going Swimmingly

The Aquarium team releases its recently exhibited white shark after 69 days in the Outer Bay exhibit.

By Mark C. Anderson

Sunrise arrived. And number five left.

The Aquarium’s recently exhibited white shark wore two tags when released early today, Wednesday, Nov. 4, at the southern tip of Monterey Bay. One tag delivers real-time data on her location (follow along at www.topp.org); another stores depths and temperatures for six months before popping to the surface and uplinking to a satellite.

The shark grew two inches and added 20 pounds during her 69-day stay. Halloween weekend skirmishes with scalloped hammerheads and a galapagos shark precipitated her release.

Learn more on the White Shark Project at the Aquarium's website.

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