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California lifeguards say drone that patrols for sharks at shoreline 'works great'
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California lifeguards say a new drone they’re using to spot offshore sharks “works great.”
"(Monday) morning, we launched it and 10 minutes later, we knew there were 10 to 12 sharks in the … area," Chief Joe Bailey, a Seal Beach lifeguard, told CBS.
Bailey said he also saw a juvenile great white in waist-high water in the same area, but nobody was in the water at the time.
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As long as the sharks remained non-aggressive and feeding on bottom fish, Bailey said the water would remain open to the public, although surfers and swimmers would be warned.
After hearing Seal Beach lifeguards say their $1,400 drone was working for them, other lifeguards in California said they'd be open to working with drones, too.
