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Mark Price

Large great white sharks are gathering off South Carolina, satellite tracking shows

Large great white sharks are gathering off the South Carolina coast — for reasons scientists don’t quite understand.

Satellite tracking tags show five great whites were clustered between Charleston and the North Carolina state line as of Feb. 2. Some have lingered in the area since early December, data shows.

OCEARCH, which attached the tags, says the tagged sharks represent a fraction of the white sharks actually prowling the region.

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