Kayaker likely wasn’t chased by great white shark, expert says The kayaker who raced to shore in Orleans may have been chased by a plankton-eating basking shark, the state’s shark expert said today. (SHELLY NEGROTTI/ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Kayaker likely wasn’t chased by great white shark, expert says

The kayaker who raced to shore in Orleans may have been chased by a plankton-eating basking shark, the state’s shark expert said today.

(SHELLY NEGROTTI/ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Date July 10, 2012

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Tags #basking shark    #great white shark    #kayak    #Orleans    #Cape Cod    #sharks    #chomp   

Kayaker tailed by the shark, ‘paddled like there was no tomorrow’ Walter Szulc Jr. was about 50 yards off Nauset Beach when he noticed a man on a standup paddleboard pointing at something just behind him. (AP Photo)

Kayaker tailed by the shark, ‘paddled like there was no tomorrow’

Walter Szulc Jr. was about 50 yards off Nauset Beach when he noticed a man on a standup paddleboard pointing at something just behind him.

(AP Photo)

Date July 9, 2012

Notes 102

Tags #Nauset Beach    #sharks    #Great white shark    #Cape Cod    #kayak    #vacation    #Orleans   

Great white sighting at Nauset Beach deters few Thousands of people packed one of the Cape’s most popular beaches - Nauset in Orleans - a day after a great white shark approached a kayaker. (Photo by Shelly Negrotti)

Great white sighting at Nauset Beach deters few

Thousands of people packed one of the Cape’s most popular beaches - Nauset in Orleans - a day after a great white shark approached a kayaker.

(Photo by Shelly Negrotti)

Date July 9, 2012

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Tags #great white shark    #Cape Cod    #Nauset Beach    #Orleans    #travel    #vacation    #summer    #sharks