MUST SEE: Largest ever great white shark tagged in Northwest Atlantic

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MUST SEE: Largest ever great white shark tagged in Northwest Atlantic

Video Credit: Ocearch via Storyful In the must-see video above, researchers with Ocearch, a nonprofit ocean animal research and education organization, recently caught and tagged the largest male white shark yet found by their group in the northwest Atlantic shark population. Scientists with Ocearch captured, tagged, and released the shark, dubbed “Contender,” on January 17. “At 13.8 feet long and weighing an estimated 1,653 pounds, Contender is…

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Biggest male great white shark ever recorded in Atlantic Ocean discovered off US coast

The absolute whopper shark is being tracked as it swims along the US coast

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Contender, the largest male specimen of white shark ever sighted, is being studied by Ocearch to track its movements and understand its habits

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Experts claim 14-foot shark spotted off the Intercoastal is the largest male of its species - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports

Researchers are keeping an eye on an exceptionally large shark spotted off the Intercoastal. Experts claim the white shark named Contender is the largest male of its species to have ever been tagged. According to biologists, he is almost 14 feet long and weighs about 1,600 pounds. He was first tagged about 45 miles off the coast of the Florida-Georgia border in January. Contender is currently swimming south along Florida’s East Coast.