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Chasing Shadows
Chasing Shadows: My Life Tracking the Great White Shark | Greg Skomal, Ret Talbot
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"As shark attacks continue to rise along the coast of New England, Dr. Greg Skomal, the leading great white shark expert in the country, takes readers on a gripping exploration of these apex predators and the factors in their resurgence"--
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After taking a fisheries job in Massachusetts, Greg Skomal was able to set up a shark research program in the state. This put him in the perfect position to study the white sharks that started arriving in greater numbers starting in 2009. The writing is a little pedestrian, but the story is terrific and his enthusiasm for these animals shines through.

Soubhiville Oh fun 🦈! 14mo
dabbe Hello there, gorgeous pup! 🖤🐾🖤 14mo
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If you‘re a Shark Week fan, this is for you. I‘m not a super shark fan, but Skomal‘s journey as a scientist and his work with the Great White sharks that have recently returned to the waters around Cape Cod was interesting. I found the parts where he was trying to balance commercial interests with scientific ones the most interesting. And a bit about the ethics of marine science was cool too.

Bookwormjillk Thanks! I love reading about sharks! 1y
Megabooks @Bookwormjillk awesome! Enjoy! 1y
Cinfhen I did need a shark on cover for #ISpyBingo 😂but I found something else…which ended up a bail 🙃 1y
Megabooks @Cinfhen too bad. This was interesting company when I was having all that rerouting in Indiana that day. 1y
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Good!

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This was a memoir of how Greg got started in his search for white sharks in the Atlantic. The dialogue was a bit confusing at times between the “two” authors. It‘s all written as one story, long winded. Decent storytelling. Took 6 hours to read 340 pages. But it was nice with the implants of shark knowledge. More worth it if a major fan of Greg. Most interesting was the creation of the AWSC. Love the place
Great eta to start shark week tonight 🦈

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What an exciting way to get ready for Shark Week! Frequent contributor, Dr. Greg Skomal co-authors this look-back at his career & the resurgence of Great White Sharks in the Atlantic over the course of his career “in sharks”. With plenty of honor given to the fictional Matt Hooper, the author gets a little big for his britches at times, though I do appreciate his passion for sharks & enthusiasm for saving them from the real monsters of humanity!

AmyG Love the shark! 1y
TorieStorieS @AmyG Thanks!! It‘s my favorite HomeGoods find of the summer! 🦈 1y
Cinfhen Great photo 1y
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TorieStorieS @Cinfhen Thank you! We have oceanic decorations out all summer long, so it was fun pulling a few things together for the picture! 😊 1y
eanderson Love Shark Week! 1y
TorieStorieS @eanderson Me too!! It starts up next week!! 🦈❤️🦈 1y
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Great word!

Piscivorous: (of an animal) feeding on fish.

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I was reading this on the Far Rockaway bound A train this morning, when a guy came on with a surfboard and sat right near me. 🤣🦈 #Awkward