A ten-foot great white shark, named Penny, was captured lurking the waters off the coast of Florida.
In keeping with ocean analysis group OCEARCH, Penny was tracked off the coast of Fort Myers Seashore at about 11 a.m. on Sunday, March 17.
The ten foot 3 inch nice white shark first pinged off the coast of Boynton Beach, Florida in Dec. 2023. She later made her method additional southwest into the Florida Keys after which into the Gulf of Mexico.
The 522-pound feminine shark lurked into the Sunshine State on Feb. 4 within the Florida Keys space, earlier than circling as much as waters off Sanibel Island, the place it final pinged on March 17.
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An amazing white shark swims within the waters off of California. (Picture by Reinhard Dirscherl/ullstein bild by way of Getty Photographs)
Practically a yr in the past, Penny grew to become OCEARCH’s 92nd white shark tagged in western North America.
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She was named after residents of the Salty Penny Canvas in North Carolina, who helped OCEARCH with customized marine canvas tasks that present a cushty expertise on the water and permit them to function in more durable situations.
A flag with a shark warning flies as beachgoers depart July 26, 2023, at Nauset Seashore in Orleans, Massachusetts. (Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Photographs)
Capt. Chip Michalove, the proprietor of Outcast Sport Fishing in South Carolina, advised Fox Information Digital that many nice white sharks sometimes go away the waters within the Gulf of Mexico and the southeastern U.S. to journey additional north so far as Nova Scotia this time of yr.
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“It’s moving days,” he stated. “Their eating regimen goes to fully change. They will go from chasing turtles and dolphins to now they’ll begin on the lookout for seals.”
Fox Information has reached out to OCEARCH for remark.
Fox Information’ Louis Casiano contributed to this report.
