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700-pound great white shark Bella heads to Virginia Beach for holiday in rare first migration

A 700-pound great white shark named Bella is headed towards Virginia Beach for the holiday season. Tagged in Nova Scotia in July, the juvenile is heading south this season, and is detected off the Easter shore of Virginia and traveling rapidly from Montauk to the Chesapeake Bay area. Researchers say her movements highlight how white sharks use the coast in late fall and winter, and her presence near beaches is normal and poses minimal risk….