Collecting the fish - A Fascination for Fish: Adventures of an Underwater Pioneer - page 231

Monterey Bay Aquarium's unexpected white shark, one month
before the aquarium was to open. (Photo © 2000 Monterey Bay
Aquarium Foundation. All rights reserved.)
Five hours later when we pulled in at the aquarium, the shark still
looked good. Just as we'd done with our sevengills, we hoisted the trans-
port tank up next to the 335,000-gallon Monterey Bay Habitats ex-
hibit. The lid was removed, the tank was lowered into the exhibit, and
the shark swam o¤. Slowly it began to swim around, avoiding the walls
and window fairly well, but it listed to one side, presumably from be-
ing cramped for so long in the small transport tank.
After a while it straightened up and swam well, with strong, steady
tail beats. The shark was definitely alert and was managing to stay away
from the rocks and wharf pilings.
The next day we tried feeding it. We o¤ered it a nice bloody, dead
mackerel, but it showed no response, nor any interest in the many
salmon, mackerel, or rockfishes swimming around it—all potential prey
for a young white shark.
Over the next few days we tried on a number of di¤erent occasions
to get it to feed. A live, struggling lingcod was dangled right in its path,