More like the shores of Jawsey.
Just when you thought it was safe to return to the water: A giant, 1,000-pound white shark named Ironbound was spotted swimming off the coast of Jersey, near the site of the Jaw-inspired shark scandalous attacks.
“When we marked it, it was impressive,” Bob Hutter, chief scientist at Ocearch, a non-profit marine organization that tracks sharks, told CNN about the amazing observation.
According to Hueter’s research team, the 20-year-old shark was carrying a tracking device that pinged off the coast of New Jersey on April 28 at about 10:30 p.m. , Live Science reported.
Ironbound – named after West Ironbound Island, Nova Scotia, where it was first spotted – is reportedly 12 feet long and weighs 998 pounds, according to Osearch, where you can track the shark’s progress.
Although undeniably huge, the Ironbound is medium-sized by the standards of large whites – the world’s largest predatory fish – which can grow up to 20 feet long and weigh more than 5,000 pounds. Meanwhile, Osearch reportedly marked sharks up to 17.5 feet long and weighing 4,000 pounds.
First marked in October 2019 off the coast of Nova Scotia, Ironbound has since traveled approximately 13,000 miles up and down the east coast, CNN reported.
Ironbound can be seen in 2019, when it was marked in Nova Scotia. OCEARCH First marked in October 2019 off the coast of Nova Scotia, since then Ironbound has traveled approximately 13,000 miles up and down the east coast.
“He walked back and forth from where we found him in Nova Scotia and Florida Keys several times,” Hutter said.
The scientist predicts that the predator is heading to the “very rich repositories” near the northeastern United States and Nova Scotia, where it will spend most of the summer and early fall before heading back to Florida.
Coincidentally, the New Jersey coast was also the site of the infamous 1916 Great White Attacks, which inspired Steven Spielberg’s 1975 classic Jaws.
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