New Delhi, Oct. 10 -- A great white shark was recently spotted in a northern area off the Atlantic Ocean. But the creature's size is not the only surprising feature. The location of the huge apex predator has also bemused scientists.

OCEARCH, a non-profit organization that conducts research on large marine animals, announced on Instagram that it had tracked Contender, a nearly 14-foot-long male great white shark, off the coast of Canada. The organization, which is famous for its shark tracking site, stated that it received "a rare ping from the Gulf of St. Lawrence, a region where we don't often see signals from Ocearch-tagged sharks".

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