Great white shark sighting may reveal a 'holy grail' of science

[Music] now with our play of the day and what may be the first ever newborn great white shark captured on camera Lara you have that for us good morning just want to listen to the song for a little bit the song's very appropriate because we want you to check out this drone video capturing a pregnant great white swimming off the coast of Santa Barbara California then going deep underwater after some time a pure white 5 foot long Great White baby shark emerges and that not so little guy is reportedly the very first newborn great white ever caught on camera a wildlife filmmaker and a doctoral student took the video they believe shows a white layer shedding from the tail they think that could be the embryonic layer suggesting it is in fact a newborn that has yet to be determined since it's difficult to tell exactly where and if the birth actually occurred they think it did it's a rare sighting it's making waves in the scientific community and Beyond because great whites give birth where they aren't being watched deep in the sea where there isn't a risk of Predators or humans able to get that shot this is again the first video These observations published as a study in the environmental biology of fish's Journal pick it up it's a great read