The 16 foot, 3,500 pound white shark was tracked off Assateague Island and Chincoteague Bay near the Virginia-Maryland border on Tuesday morning.

The Maryland House of Delegates has voted to ban the possession and sale of shark fins.

Chompie the shark isn’t only in Silver Spring—he can also be found trolling the waters of the Chesapeake Bay.

Shark Week, that annual celebration of selachimorphae, is marking its 25th anniversary. And to commemorate that milestone, Discovery Communications’ headquarters in Silver Spring will once again be adorned with a giant, inflatable shark.

Bum-bum-bum-bum! Reader and regular commenter DistrictDon19 snapped this shot of the Discovery Channel’s headquarters in Silver Spring, which has been quite appropriately outfitted for the cable channel’s annual Shark Week. You’ll never go in the water again!…