Right on the tail of an 18-foot great white shark is a WHOI underwater robot called REMUS—making history as the first autonomous underwater vehicle to successfully track and film a live, moving shark. The 5-foot REMUS, specifically outfitted for this mission, debuted last night as SharkCam on a program during Discovery Channel’s Shark Week. Great whites have been sighted more frequently off Cape Cod recently, probably because of rebounding gray seal populations. (Oceanographic Systems Laboratory, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
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