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PRESS RELEASE<br>
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RELEASE
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:<br>
August 25,
2016
Teresa Izzo<br>
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508-896-3867 ext. 137<br>
tizzo@ccmnh.org<br>
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SHARK-TEMBER<br>
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The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History presents<br>
<i> Cape Cod White Shark Predation Study<br>
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BREWSTER, MA The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History presents <b>Dr. Tom
Burns</b> <b>Sunday, September 25, 2016 at 1pm.<br>
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Dr. Tom Burns is the creator and project leader of the Cape Cod
White Shark Predation Study. He has spent 38 years studying sharks
through formal and informal coursework and leadership of grant projects
in veterinary medicine. He has been diving and photographing sharks
for almost 25 years and has experienced hundreds of hours of interactions
with the most iconic shark species. While his pursuit of shark
encounters has taken him around the world, it is the sharks of New
England that have become his focus.<br>
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In 2014, Dr. Burns developed the Cape Cod White Shark Predation Study to
investigate his premise that white sharks hunt seals differently off Cape
Cod, Massachusetts, than in other known areas of pinniped predation,
targeting prey in much shallower environments than previously
documented. Until now, the North Atlantic white shark was
considered extremely elusive and difficult to study. Dr. Burns
demonstrated, for the first time that the predation tactics of the North
Atlantic white shark could be studied using spotter aircraft and decoy
targets. During the following season, Dr. Burns repetitively
documented shallow water predation events, demonstrating that these white
sharks hunt seals differently. <br>
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A graduate of the Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, Dr.
Burns has been a practicing veterinarian at Veterinary Associates of Cape
Cod in South Yarmouth Massachusetts, since 2000. Prior to his
veterinary studies, Dr. Burns attended Boston College, where he graduated
Cum Laude in 1994. After graduating from Boston College, Dr. Burns
spent a year at the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and
Children’s Hospital Pediatric Research Facility.<br>
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<b>Free with Museum Admission<br>
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<b> </b>For more information please call the Museum at 508-896-3867
ext. 133.<br>
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Teresa Izzo<br>
Program Coordinator<br>
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History<br>
869 Main St./Rte. 6A<br>
Brewster, MA 02631<br>
508-896-3867 x137<br>
508-896-8844 - fax</body>
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