SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KRON) — A local marine wildlife photographer captured images of young great white sharks who appear to be “smiling” as they swim close to Santa Cruz County beaches.

“Some people ran with that idea,” Mailander, 58, said Tuesday as he processed the reaction to his images. A young great white shark visits the relatively warmer waters of Monterey Bay this month.

He recently joined a team that fixed an ID tag on an older, 13-foot great white that he'd seen on multiple occasions since 2019. Scientists can tell the sharks apart by noting the contours of the ...

A local marine wildlife photographer captured images of young great white sharks who appear to be “smiling” as they swim close to Santa Cruz County beaches. The underwater photographs, shot by ...