The Monterey Bay Aquarium nabbed one in 2004 that was 4 feet, 4 inches, less than a year old. That made it easier to move and easier to keep. (When they’re young they feed on fish. And as they get older they transition o feeding more on mammals. And so we were targeting the age bracket where we knew we were more able to feed their natural diet.) And once they collected the shark, they didn’t take it straight to the aquarium. Instead, the Monterey Bay team set up a 4 million gallon open right there in the ocean. That way they could monitor the shark and see if it would feed before they moved it into a transport tank to travel from southern California where the sharks were born up to the aquarium. Sharks, like all fish, need to have water continually passing through their gills in order to get oxygen. Most species can open and close their mouths to pump water through. But white sharks and a couple dozen other species don’t do that. To breathe, they have to move forward through the water with their mouths open. That’s why white sharks start to weaken as soon as they’re caught in a net. And that’s why they needed a custom built transport tank for mobile life support.(Everything from oxygen sensors and video cameras and lighting and filtration systems that were needed for what turned out to roughly be 9 to 11 hour transport time.) Aquarium attendance jumped 30 percent while the shark was on display. After 6 and a half months, they decided to release it because it had killed 2 other sharks. Over the next 6 years, the aquarium displayed 5 more baby white sharks