SoCal shark experts are trying to figure out if they can actually detect the shark's presence in the area, and for how long.
— it's standard policy to put up signs such as those now standing in the sand, warning visitors to stay out of the water for two days due to a recent shark incident — but there's no scientific reason for that timeframe.
On Monday morning, Merson hopped on a boat with lifeguards and headed out about 100 yards offshore to the spot where just one day before a man was bitten several times during a swim training."We were able to recover the wetsuit from the victim and take some swabs along the bite marks to recover DNA," Merson said.
"We’re trying to understand more about this individual that was involved, was it part of this aggregation or was it passing through? We’re hoping to use these new genetic technologies to answer some of those questions," Merson said. Merson says the high amount of sharks in the water doesn't directly mean there's a high risk of a shark encounter.
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