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- Officials reported a gray seal with a wound on Lucy Vincent Beach, Chilmark, and said the bite matched a white shark.
- Andrew Jacobs Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) inspected the seal and said the wound resembled a white-shark predation.
- John Chisholm of the New England Aquarium logged the bite on the Sharktivity app and warned swimmers to stay vigilant during Memorial Day weekend, noting over 150 white-shark sightings in Massachusetts summer.
