A huge swarm of sharks that shut down beaches in Florida is migrating up the East Coast in a display that, while stunning, has spring breakers staying out of the water. <\/p>\n
Tens of thousands of the predators -- mostly blacktip and spinner sharks -- are now coming to shore, and towards swimmers, during their annual migration north. <\/p>\n
\"We saw something moving in the water and everybody was saying, 'ahh! sharks!,'\" one witness in Palm Beach, Fla. told ABC News. <\/p>\n
Craig Pollock, a lifeguard supervisor in Palm Beach, said that sharks for the most part don't disturb the area beaches. <\/p>\n
\"We don't have a sandbar. A lot of times when we have a sandbar the sharks stay off of the shore a little further,\" he said. <\/p>\n
Jeffrey Langlois\/Palm Beach Daily News <\/p>\n
Shark sightings are not uncommon for South Florida beaches. <\/p>\n
\"Every year we expect annual shark migration to come through this area,\" Pollock said. <\/p>\n
But the migration from Florida to North Carolina usually starts and ends sooner -- well before Florida's prime beach season. But that's not the case this year. <\/p>\n
Researchers at Florida Atlantic University say they have now counted some 15,000 sharks. Most of them were seen less than 200 yards from shore. <\/p>\n
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