Two brothers made a rare catch in Falmouth, Massachusetts, reeling in a tiger shark.
Nate and Nelson Rouette caught the shark last week on a Cape Cod beach.
“I saw those horizontal lines that indicate that it’s a tiger shark,” Nate Rouette told NBC10 Boston Tuesday.
“It’s not our first time catching a tiger shark. It’s definitely our first time in Cape Cod,” Nelson Rouette explained.
Tiger sharks are typically found in warmer waters than Cape Cod.
“We’re starting to see them more consistently, but not that common,” said John Chisolm of the New England Aquarium.
“Here’s a warm-water, southern species being caught on Cape Cod beaches, which is A. really cool, B. little scary,” Nate Rouette said.
Chisolm said we’re seeing more tiger sharks off the New England coast because the water is warming up and they are following the food.
He added that if see a shark, you should report it via the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy’s Sharktivity app.