Claims extracted
20
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
5%
1 of 20 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
New York Post's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
1
Environment
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Just when you thought it was safe to GoPro back in the water.
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it → think → water
A great white shark has been filmed snatching a fish off a line in Cape Cod, marking the first time this behavior has been caught on camera underwater.
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behavior → film → camera
“It was so sudden, it wasn’t even a second,” National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry told the publication of documenting the Jaws-dropping moment.
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Skerry → tell → moment
In the wild clip, a hooked fish is seen trying to wriggle free from a hook when, all of a sudden, a juvenile great white rockets up from the deep and yanks it right off the line.
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white → see → line
Skerry had reportedly been tipped off to sharks stealing anglers’ catches — a phenomenon known as depredation — by Cape Cod fishermen who’ve increasingly been victimized by the man in the gray suit.
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who → tip → suit
In many instances, they’d reel in fish with chunks missing, or even just the head.
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they → reel → chunks
“There have been more and more sharks hitting fish,” said Hap Farrell, a 45-year veteran of the charter industry based who is based in Orleans, Massachusetts.
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who → hit → Orleans
The seasoned seadog said he’s personally heard of 50 depredation incidents this past summer, marking a massive uptick from years back, when there’d be only a handful.
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he → say → uptick
Experts credit the trend to the resurgence of the Massachusetts great white population, which is borne aloft by thriving numbers of gray seals.
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which → credit → seals
To catch the aquatic tax man in the act, Skerry worked with local charter captains to find where depredation was the most concentrated.
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depredation → catch → captains
The photog finally struck gold on June 29 when he filmed the aforementioned fish pilfering, which he analogized to a “loaf of bread” being snatched.
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he → strike → bread
Skerry even felt that the great white intentionally grabbed its quarry from the side to avoid the lure.
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white → feel → lure
“She doesn’t want to get hooked either, you know, or herself,” he told CBS.
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he → want → CBS
“Now again, maybe I’m giving them too much credit or reading into it too much, but I do think there’s some decisions being made.”
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I → give → it
Along with making waves online, the photographer said he wanted to help people understand that the region has a “recovering population of large predatory sharks, particularly great whites.”
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region → make → sharks
“While a great concern for beachgoers, it is a good thing for the ocean,” he said.
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he → say → ocean
Coincidentally, great whites aren’t the only apex predators increasingly enjoying the waters off the Northeast.
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whites → enjoy → Northeast
NY anglers have increasingly reported catching giant bull sharks, tiger sharks and other toothy predators from down south in a trend scientists have attributed to warming waters.
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scientists → report → waters
“This year they [bull sharks] exploded,” a local shark fisherman named Justin, who didn’t want his last name published, previously told the Post.
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name → explode → Post
“In a month, I got five.
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I → get → five
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