1,700-pound great white shark spotted off North Carolina coast

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Contender, a ample antheral large achromatic shark tagged by the marine probe radical OCEARCH has been spotted successful waters disconnected the seashore of North Carolina aft months of cruising astir Florida.

Contender was tagged by the probe group successful January 2025. He weighs astir 1,700 pounds and measures implicit 13 feet long. The tag provides real-time information astir his location, allowing researchers to larn much astir migration patterns and different habits.

Contender was astir precocious spotted astir 45 miles southeast of Cape Fear, adjacent Wilmington, North Carolina, connected Sunday night, OCEARCH said connected Instagram.

Great whites similar Contender thin to walk the summertime successful cooler, prey-dense bluish waters near Maine and Canada earlier migrating southbound for the winter, OCEARCH said connected Instagram.

He isn't the lone shark successful the area. Nori, a juvenile pistillate achromatic shark, was astir 36 miles eastbound of Cape Fear arsenic of Saturday, portion different pistillate juvenile named Cayo was astir 67 miles to the southeast, OCEARCH said connected societal media. A subadult antheral achromatic shark named Jason was astir 32 miles southbound of Cape Fear earlier successful February. Three different sharks pinged successful the waters adjacent Charleston.

Sharks don't ping each day. Their movements are tracked by devices attached to their dorsal fins. The trackers can't transmit done water, OCEARCH elder information idiosyncratic John Tyminski said successful a video published by the organization. To accurately corroborate a shark's location, the tracker indispensable interruption the aboveground portion an Argos outer is above. The satellites are lone successful a fixed spot for astir 13 minutes. During that time, the tracker indispensable nonstop aggregate messages for a determination to beryllium confirmed.

If a shark's tracker lone sends 1 connection to the satellite, it is considered a "Z-ping." Those are little circumstantial and lone springiness scientists a wide consciousness of wherever the shark whitethorn be, Tyminski said.

Each shark's tag tin supply real-time information for respective years, according to OCEARCH. That information is disposable online.

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