1,200-pound great white shark spotted in the Gulf...and she's not alone Peter Dawson, Staff Writer 15 hrs ago
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There are great white sharks, and then there are Great White Sharks.
The 1,200-pound giant in this story falls into the latter category. On Thursday, OCEARCH, a non-profit organization that tracks and collects scientific data about great whites announced that it is currently tracking a massive female of the species in the Gulf of Mexico.
'Miss Costa,' (the name given to her by the organization) was spotted right off the coast of Panama City, Fl. a few days ago. Her tracker pinged her entering the Gulf at the beginning of April, according to OCEARCH.
Miss Costa was 12 feet 5 inches long when she was tagged in 2016 off the coast of Nantucket, MA and could between 14 and 15 feet long today, reports OCEARCH.
She is now the third documented great white to make the rare journey outside the normal migratory patterns into the Gulf.
Above, you can click through to see Miss Costa's unique growth, her rare journey to the Gulf of Mexico, as well as the two others that made similar trips before her. All of the quotes in the slides above are from the OCEARCH press release.
Poster Comment:
Shades of Jaws.
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