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Massive Great White Sharks Tracked Off East Coast
Contender, the largest tagged white male shark at 1,650 pounds, is tracked near South Carolina amid seasonal migrations and shark group clustering, OCEARCH said.
- On December 9, OCEARCH-tracked Goodall, a 13-foot, 2-inch adult female white shark, pinged off Jacksonville Beach, and Contender also pinged Tuesday.
- Researchers fitted the sharks with satellite-linked tags that connect to satellites and only ping when animals surface; these pings are publicly available on OCEARCH's site.
- Contender measures over 1,650 pounds and nearly 14 feet, has traveled nearly 5,000 miles, while Bella, a 700-pound white shark, and Penny, a 10-foot white shark, show size variation.
- Clusters of sharks can form nearshore, and OCEARCH said Contender and others were drawn into `a kind of white shark traffic jam` by food and conditions.
- Seasonal migration patterns show that white sharks winter in warmer southern waters and migrate north in summer, while OCEARCH tracks these movements to gather valuable multi-year data on Northwest Atlantic sharks, highlighting the Outer Banks as a common rest stop.
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