A recent study found that sharks like to spend their winter breaks at two hip hangout spots, one off the Hawaiian coast and another at a point in the middle of the ocean, halfway between California and Hawaii.
They go there despite ample supplies of food - seals and sea lions - on the central California coast, where they live most of the year.
Scientists have dubbed the spots 'White Shark Cafes.'
According to the researcher:
"We started calling it the café because that is where you might go to have a snack or maybe just to 'see and be seen.' We are not sure which," researcher Salvador Jorgensen of Stanford University in California said in a statement.
The research is important, if a little weird, because it can help us humans preserve shark habitat.
And hey, maybe they like the area because the surfing is good.
Here's the full story on National Geographic's Web site:
Sharks Travel "Superhighways," Visit "Cafes"
Hang 10 dudes,
-SueVo
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