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Maaaaaybe shark? (Doo doo doo doo doo doo.)

The shark frenzy created this week by the tracking of a great white shark swimming in Long Island Sound may have been s omewhat unfounded .

On Monday morning, Ocearch, an organization that researches marine life, said it had tracked a great white swimming off the Connecticut coast, toward the sound’s western end.

The sighting of the aquatic predator, coming just days before Memorial Day weekend and the start of summer beach season, spun up a virtual sharknado of headlines and social media posts.