The California State University, Long Beach researcher said that the sharks are 'hanging out' near the Southern California coast
published the study in June, and one of their findings is that juvenile white sharks tend to spend long amounts of time along Southern California coastal beaches because there is more food and fewer predators.
"They also form loose aggregations using relatively small areas along coastal beaches spending days to months in these nursery habitats where water is warmer, prey species are more abundant and there are few larger predators," the study states.One of the authors of the study, James Anderson, told Fox News that the sharks, when near the coast, are extending a "very minimum" amount of energy.
"One of the things we're trying to get across with this paper is just how lethargic essentially these sharks are when they are resident and hanging out in these beach locations in Southern California. And they really, really are extending the very minimum of energy as possible, paying very little attention to anything, anyone around them," Anderson said.
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