NANTUCKET, Mass. – A new study has revealed something shark conservationists have never achieved: direct observations of dusky sharks hunting and preying on gray seals.

Aerial video taken by the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy (AWSC) in July 2023 showed a seal being attacked and eaten by preying dusky sharks off the coast of Nantucket .

Scientists from the AWSC, in conjunction with the New England Aquarium and the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, captured the video after numerous reports of sharks attacking seals off the coast of Great Point Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge.

Initial reports blamed the attack on white sharks, which have increased off the coast of Massachusetts over the last 15 years, but further analysis of photos and videos proved they were actually dusky shar

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