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How An Interview With A Shark Researcher Wound Up Starring A Shark

Why have dozens of great white sharks turned up around Southern California beaches recently? Finding the answer led to a close-up view of a baby great white shark — and the researcher who caught her.
Researcher Chris Lowe releases a juvenile white shark earlier this spring.

Sharks have been swarming around southern California beaches for weeks.NPR wanted to know more about why, so we placed a call to Chris Lowe, a professor in marine biology and head of the Shark Lab at California State University at Long

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