A 10-foot great white shark has been spotted deep in the Long Island Sound, one of the first of the ocean predators researchers have ever tracked in the area.
Ocearch, a nonprofit group that tags and tracks sharks, sea turtles and other marine animals, detected the shark off the coast of Greenwich, Connecticut, Monday. "As far as we know, it is unusual for white sharks to visit the area," the organization tweeted.In 2016, Ocearch tracked a 4-foot juvenile great white shark in the Sound, though it didn't venture as far into the tidal estuary.
The shark initially traveled south, reaching the Gulf of Mexico in January, before returning north along the East Coast of the US. Read MoreThe shark traveled from Nova Scotia to the Gulf of Mexico before returning north.SeaWorld, a partner of Ocearch, named the shark Cabot, after Italian explorer John Cabot. When first tagged, he measured 9 feet 8 inches, and weighed 533 pounds.
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