A baby white shark filmed for the first time. The frames, published in the journal Environmental Biology of Fishes, show a one and a half meter long specimen probably born a few hours ago.
Its presence could solve one of the greatest mysteries of white sharks, namely the location of the nurseries where the females go to give birth. The same Californian location where the sighting occurred has long been proposed as the birthplace of great white sharks. The fact that the cub was filmed so close to shore, just 300 meters from the beach, suggests that it may have been born in shallow water.