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Sep 6, 2006 7:50 am US/Pacific

New Shark Draws Crowds To Monterey Aquarium

MONTEREY, Calif. (AP) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: This great white shark is bringing record numbers of people to the Monterey Aquarium.
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The Monterey Bay Aquarium's newest addition -- a young great white shark -- is drawing record crowds.

Aquarium officials say nearly 17,000 people visited the aquarium on Sunday, days after the shark's arrival. That's the sea-life center's largest single-day crowd.

The previous record was set on a Sunday in February, 1985, when just over 15,000 people came to the aquarium during the first President's Day weekend after it opened.

The shark's nearly six-foot-long and weighs over 100 pounds. It was captured off the Southern California coast on August 17th.

It's the second time the aquarium has hosted a great white. Aquarium staff say attendance figures rose by more than 30 percent during the first great white shark's 198-day stay in 2004 and 2005.