A ten-foot nice white shark, named Penny, was captured lurking the waters off the coast of Florida.
Based on ocean analysis group OCEARCH, Penny was tracked off the coast of Fort Myers Seaside at about 11 a.m. on Sunday, March 17.
The ten foot 3 inch nice white shark first pinged off the coast of Boynton Seaside, Florida in Dec. 2023. She later made her approach 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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Practically a yr in the past, Penny turned 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 snug expertise on the water and permit them to function in more durable situations.
Capt. Chip Michalove, the proprietor of Outcast Sport Fishing in South Carolina, instructed Fox Information Digital that many nice white sharks usually depart 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 is transferring days,” he stated. “Their eating regimen goes to utterly change. They are going to go from chasing turtles and dolphins to now they will begin searching for seals.”
Fox Information has reached out to OCEARCH for remark.
Fox Information’ Louis Casiano contributed to this report.