Cape Cod beachgoers nervous after shark sightings, but experts say attacks are rare

BOSTON, Mass. — Beachgoers on Cape Cod are on edge after two recent shark sightings, both within just one week. But scientists say it’s all part of an ecosystem that humans must accept. Last Wednesday, off Marconi Beach in Wellfleet, a white shark bit into a paddleboard, while a man was standing on it. He was thrown into the water but was not hurt. Two days earlier, a shark attacked a seal at Nauset Beach in Orleans, just feet from […]