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Sharks Tracked Days Apart Along Jersey Shore 'Seem To Be Buddies,' Scientist Says
It sounds like the beginning of a new shark attack movie. Simon and Jekyll are two sharks who have thoroughly have enjoyed their time together on the Jersey Shore. The pair were first tagged off the Southeast Coast of the United States in December 2022, and have since traveled nearly 4,000 miles up the East Coast in tandem. "This is potentially groundbreaking," Dr. Bob Hueter, the chief scientist at Ocearch said in a video shared by the Museum of Science. "White sharks lead a very solitary existence. We don't really expect to see these two sharks staying together. "But Simon and Jeky…
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10-Foot Great White Shark Detected Off NJ Coast Memorial Day Weekend
A 10-foot Great White shark surfaced off the New Jersey coast Memorial Day Weekend. Penny, who has been tracked by shark research center OCEARCH since April, surfaced several miles off of Ocean City around 6:45 a.m. Memorial Day, according to the org's shark-tracker. Penny made her way north since being tagged by OCEARCH in North Carolina just last month. She "pinged" off the coast of Maryland in mid-May and resurfaced just this weekend in New Jersey. A "Ping" happens when an animal tag breaks the surface of the water, sending data, OCEARCH says. Earlier this month, a slightly smaller Whi…
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8-Foot Shark Still Lingering Off Coast Of Sea Isle City
An eight-foot white shark who surfaced off the New Jersey coast earlier this month seems to be sticking around for more Jersey Shore fun. Jekyll, who made a splash off Sea Isle City on May 8, resurfaced on May 15 in the same vicinity around 8 p.m., according to popular shark tracking and research organization, OCEARCH. Jekyll has been tracked by OCEARCH since December 2022. Jekyll spent quite some time off the coast of North Carolina before heading north along the Atlantic shoreline. It wasn't immediately known how far off the coast Jekyll was swimming. Click here to track Jekyll.
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9-Foot Shark Surfaces Off NJ Coast
A nine-foot white shark pinged off of the New Jersey coast over the weekend and early this week. According to shark research center OCEARCH, the dorsal fin of Simon — who weighs 434 pounds and measures nine feet and six inches in length — surfaced several times Sunday, April 30 and Monday, May 1 in Ocean County. Simon proceeded to swim up toward Long Island, pinging again around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 2. A "Ping" happens when an animal tag breaks the surface of the water, sending data, OCEARCH says. The juvenile shark was tagged in December 2022, in St. Simon's Island, GA. You can n…
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700 Pound Shark Pings Off NJ Coast
A nearly 700-pound white shark was spotted swimming along the New Jersey shore last week. Hali, the 10-foot white shark, pinged just north of Atlantic City at 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 14, according to non-profit ocean life research group OCEARCH. Hali first surfaced in the area the day before, but this wasn't her first trip to AC. According to her track history, she stopped by in September 2021 and October 2022. Two Juvenile #WhiteSharks have started to make their journey south! Tancook is offshore near #CapeCod & Hali's in the #GulfOfMaine. We're excited to see more of our sharks …
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800-Pound Shark Tracks In NJ Waters
An 883-pound shark tracked off the Jersey Shore before dawn Saturday, July 2. Freya, as she was dubbed by shark research group OCEARCH, pinged around 4:30 a.m. several miles out from Toms River, according to the organization's shark tracker. Freya July 2.OCEARCH A "ping" happens when an animal tag breaks the surface of the water, sending data. Freya appears to be making her way north, as she was spotted earlier this week and last along the coasts of Virginia and Maryland. The sub-adult female was first tagged in Onslow Bay in March 2021 and is approximately 11.26 feet long. Freya's n…
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715 Pound Shark Pinged Off NJ Coast
A 715-pound shark was pinged off the coast of New Jersey this week. Tancook, a juvenile white shark, surfaced around 9:30 p.m. May 25, according to Ocearch's shark tracker. It was not immediately clear how many miles off the coast the shark was. Tancook seems to really be loving the wrecks and artificial reefs off of @CapeCanaveralFL! He's been hanging out in this region for the past week. Tancook is a 9'7" & 715lb juvenile male white shark & you can track his movements on our #SharkTracker: https://t.co/8qMyuxvIHH pic.twitter.com/1hsse5YYy2 — OCEARCH (@OCEARCH) December 20, 20…
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1,000-Pound Shark Pinged Off NJ Coast
A 1,000-pound shark was tracked off the New Jersey coast last month. Ironbound, who measure 12-feet 4-inches long, was tracked April 28 in South Jersey, but as of May 9 was swimming along the shores of North Carolina. Ironbound is named after West Ironbound Island near Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, where he was first tagged in 2019. He is 53 white shark SPOT-tagged by OCEARCH in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean.
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1,700 Pound Shark 'Pings' Off NJ Coast
A 1,700-pound shark was tracked along the New Jersey coastline earlier this week. Mahone, a white shark, was pinged off the coast of Cape May on Dec. 7 just after 10 p.m., according to shark research group OCEARCH. It was not clear how many miles Mahone was swimming off the coastline. The adult male shark measures 13 feet and 7 inches and weighs 1,701 pounds -- making him the largest male shark tagged by OCEARCH in Canadian waters. Good morning Mahone! An adult male tagged off Lunenburg, NS on Oct 1, 2020. He measures in at 13 ft 7 in 1,701 lbs (4.14 m 771.6 kg) making him the LARGEST…
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