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The researchers wore a monitoring card for a giant white shark off the eastern coast of the United States, believed to be the largest male they have ever studied in the Northwestern Atlantic. The shark is called “Contender”, 4.3 m long, equivalent to a small and heavy car estimated 750 kg, according to Live Science. The non -profit organization of Ocearch sharks wears it on January 17 on the coastal area of ​​the boundary between the two states of Georgia – Florida east to the east. Since then, Oceearch has shared many footage about the moment of catching and releasing contender.

Contender is the largest white shark that has ever been captured, worn and released by Ocearch in the Northwestern Atlantic. Their researchers wear cards for white sharks through winter off the southeast of the United States. Dr. Harley Newton, Ofearch’s veterinarian director, said that this was the third adult individual they had captured and took samples during the winter life of shark. “Mature male white sharks at the age of 26 and about 3.5 m long, so we are very excited to see an animal nearly 4.3 m long,” Newton said.

The majority of shark length records are based on estimates and large estimates often controversial. However, mature males are usually 3.4 – 4 m long, according to the Museum of Natural History Smithsonian in Washington, DC The size means Contender is 23 cm longer than the regular white male shark. .

The female white shark is about 6.1 m long, much larger than the male, so the contender is still smaller than the largest individual of this species. The largest white shark according to the reliable measurement results with a length of 6 m, according to the Hai Duong Massachusetts fishery room. However, there are many unexplained reports about 7 m long sharks, according to the Florida Museum of History.

Newton shared that they did not often encounter adult white sharks of both sexes, so Contender was an important finding. Oceearch is trying to better understand the life of the white shark in the North Atlantic to provide information for conservation. The team uses a location signal transmission card and a smart temperature (spot) to monitor animals. The spot card is fixed in the first back fin of sharks, transmitting signals to the satellite every time the shark is on the water, according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The card notification card of the shark, and records the depth and temperature data.

Contender moves about 470 km since wearing the card on January 17. The latest signal from its card on 10/2 revealed it in the eastern waters of Merritt Island, near Orlando, in Florida.