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Discovered a ‘terrible’ great white shark as long as a 4-seater car in the US

Mar 28, 2022 19:01 GMT+7

A 3.6 meter long white shark appeared off the coast of Florida, USA recently.

Tourists spotted a great white shark off the coast of Florida, USA. This great white shark is about 3.6 meters long and weighs 810kg, named Scot.

Discovered a ‘terrible’ great white shark as long as a 4-seater car in the US
Discovered a great white shark weighing nearly 1 ton off the coast of the US

This is an adult male great white, the 74th largest of the tagged group of sharks. This shark once appeared in the area and was tagged by researchers and electronic tracking devices.

Its records show that Scot is a ‘traveling’ shark. The researchers first tagged it in September 2021.

OCEARCH, a nonprofit organization that tracks marine life, says there are more than 200 tagged sharks around the world.

Scot traveled a total of 6292 km down the east coast in 119 days. The shark usually moves close to shore in the spring and summer, occasionally appearing on the Gulf Coast since Valentine’s Day February 14.

The waters around Florida are home to more than 13 species of sharks, with April and October each year being the most active months for this huge creature.

Iconic, world-renowned movies like ‘Jaws’ portray sharks as dangerous predators but in reality it’s very rare to see great white shark attacks on people. Experts say the risk of people being struck by lightning is 30 times higher than being bitten by a shark.

A new report from the Florida Museum of Natural History shows that the state of Florida recorded 28 shark attacks in 2021, 19 on other US coasts and 26 around the world. The total number of shark-related attacks in Florida accounts for 60% of the total in the US and 38% worldwide.

The US tops the list of sharks attacking people worldwide. Australia ranked second with 12 cases, including 3 deaths.

Although sharks are at the top of the food chain, an apex predator, they are still classified as endangered due to hunting.

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