India, Oct. 10 -- A massive great white shark, named Contender, has been spotted off the Canadian coast. 14 feet long, weighing 1,653 pounds, it is said to be the biggest male great white shark ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean. Contender was tagged in January by OCEARCH, a non-profit that studies big sea animals. He was tagged 45 miles off the coast of Florida and Georgia. He has a special tracking device that only sends signals when his dorsal fin pokes out of the water. This allows scientists to follow him across the ocean and learn more about these monsters.
Recently, OCEARCH received a rare "ping" from the Gulf of St. Lawrence, near the Labrador Peninsula in Canada, one of the furthest north locations ever recorded for a tagged gr...
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