Advisory signs were posted near the #6 lifeguard tower for 24 hours.
A shark was spotted close to shore Wednesday at Torrey Pines State Beach, prompting lifeguards to post shark advisory signs at the beach.
The 10-foot-long shark was spotted about 100 yards from shore near lifeguard tower 6 around 11 a.m., Jorge Moreno, spokesperson for California State Parks said. The exact species of shark was not disclosed butThe shark didn't interact with swimmers or surfers and was not acting aggressively, and warning signs were posted along the shore as a precaution, Moreno said. The signs will be up for 24 hours.
Shark sightings are not unusual in San Diego County, but encounters between sharks and humans are rare."State Parks would like to remind visitors that sharks are an important part of the coastal ecosystem and that interactions between humans and sharks are rare along the coast of Southern California," Jorge Moreno said.Shark Lab researchers tracked the great whites with drones flying over 24 California beaches during a two-year study.
Zach Merson, a Shark Lab Field Technician at the Shark Lab, who was using DNA technology to track sharks in the area, said the attack could have happened out of curiosity. "Sharks don’t have hands like we do, so when they encounter unknown objects in their territory, they have to investigate using their mouth," Merson said."So we see them occasionally bite things like kelp and buoys, and we think that’s just some investigative behavior. And unfortunately, an 8 or 9 foot shark taking an investigative bite can be of medical significance to a human.
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