Rhode Island researchers film what may be first great white in state waters, feeding on whale

Rhode Island researchers film what may be first great white in state waters, feeding on whale

An aquarium's research trip to look at a dead humpback whale may have produced the first video evidence of a great white shark in Rhode Island waters. While searching for the whale near Block Island, the team recorded the approximately 8-foot shark feeding on the whale carcass a few miles offshore. What happened? After ocean experts heard that a massive 40-foot humpback whale carcass was floating near Block Island, they sent researchers to inves…