A massive 1,000-pound great white shark named “Ironbound” was recorded swimming near the New Jersey Shore. Find out where it is now.
Wildlife experts say great white sharks, which can grow to be more than 18 feet in length, are not uncommon in the region around this time of year.
“Juveniles utilize Long Island's coastal ocean as nursery habitat throughout the warm season,” said theDespite his venture back to the North Carolina area, researchers say he will likely soon be headed back north. Sharks tend to migrate north and move to closer shorelines as waters begin to warm after winter months.
“Ironbound will likely spend most of his summer and early fall in those northern waters around Nova Scotia before turning around and returning to Florida,” Hueter said. OCEARCH map shows Ironbound's most recent path along the east coast of the United States, first pining off the coast of North Carolina on April 19 before swimming north toward NJ's coast on April 28 and back toward the Carolinas on May 10.NYS wildlife experts say adult great whites can be dangerous to humans due to their size, power, and feeding behavior.
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