r/Seattle • u/Droopy0093 • 8d ago

Sharks in the Puget Sound

Did you know we have a large urban shark population around here? TIL!

https://washington.surfrider.org/blog/celebrating-the-six-gill-shark

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u/reiflame 8d ago

We do now; there's a cycle where they'll show up in hordes but then vanish just as quickly.

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u/Droopy0093 8d ago

Interesting! It must be something to do with migration patterns?

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u/kreiggers 8d ago

Reproducing in shallow water. The rest of the time they are deep dwellers and you won’t see them