12-foot, 1,600-pound great white shark pings off Florida coast

KEY WEST, Fla. – An enormous nice white was detected off the coast of Florida final week as spring break obtained underway within the Sunshine State. 

Based on OCEARCH’s World Shark Tracker, nice white shark Scot pinged off Key West, Florida a number of days in the past. Scot measures simply over 12-feet lengthy and weighs in at a whopping 1,644 kilos!

“We met this mature, male shark in Nova Scotia in September 2021 and have been capable of observe him for over 10,000 miles since!” OCEARCH wrote on Fb.
Scot was named by SeaWorld — an OCEARCH companion — after the individuals of Nova Scotia “who’ve at all times been so welcoming and dedicated to the science and well being of our oceans.”

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Scot can also be the 74th nice white shark tagged, sampled, and launched by OCEARCH within the Northwest Atlantic Ocean.

Based on its web site, OCEARCH is a “international non-profit group conducting unprecedented researchon our ocean’s giants with a view to assist scientists accumulate beforehand unattainable information within the ocean.”

Earlier this month, one other giant nice white — Maple — pinged within the Gulf of Mexico. Maple was additionally a giant one: she measured over 11-feet lengthy and weighed over 1,200 kilos.