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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Photo of a Great White Shark by Dr. Greg Skomal<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif">PRESS RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">May 15, 2023 Teresa Izzo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"> 508-896-3867 ext. 137<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:tizzo@ccmnh.org">tizzo@ccmnh.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif">The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif">Presents the</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif"> White Shark Research Update<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif">Dr. Greg Skomal</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#262626">BREWSTER, MA —The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster will be hosting Dr. Greg Skomal of the Massachusetts Shark Research Program
on </span><b><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Thursday, June 15, 2023.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#262626">Doors will open for wine and hors d’oeuvres at 6 pm. Lecture at 6:30pm.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#262626"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">For the last 1</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#222222">4</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black"> years,
Dr. Skomal has been studying the life history, ecology, and behavior of white sharks off the coast of Cape Cod and beyond. In doing so, he has tagged </span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#222222">almost 300</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black"> white
sharks with a variety of new state-of-the-art technologies to drill deeper into how this top predator hunts seals off our coastline, as well as striving to reduce the incidence of shark and human interactions.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#262626">Dr. Skomal is an accomplished marine biologist, charismatic speaker, and senior fisheries biologist with the Massachusetts
Division of Marine Fisheries since 1987. He currently heads up the Massachusetts Shark Research Program </span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#222222">and he has been directing </span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#262626">the
scientific research on Great White Sharks off the coast of Cape Cod for </span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#222222">more than a decade</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#262626">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">Join us on June </span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#222222">15th </span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">for
an exciting update on this research.</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#262626"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">The presentation is $60 per person</span></b><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#262626">. All proceeds will benefit the Cape Cod Museum of Natural
History’s education programs.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#262626"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#262626">Reservations are required:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#262626">Tickets available online at
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#262626"> For more information, please call the Museum at 508-896-3867 ext. 133<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Teresa Izzo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Program Coordinator/Publicist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Cape Cod Museum of Natural History<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">869 Main St. / Rte. 6A<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Brewster, MA 02631<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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