Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Baby there’s a shark in the water! Should we be worried?

Don’t fret, says shark biologist Jaida Elcock!

Stop by our popular Ask a Scientist/Engineer booth every Friday from 11am (sometimes noon) to 1pm (though August) to ask YOUR burning ocean science questions! We’re at 45 Water Street in Woods Hole, just outside the Redfield Labs.

Find more ways to #VisitWHOI: go.whoi.edu/visit

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