{"id":444724,"date":"2022-05-10T16:30:24","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T13:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/1000-pound-great-white-spotted-off-new-jersey\/"},"modified":"2022-05-10T16:30:24","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T13:30:24","slug":"1000-pound-great-white-spotted-off-new-jersey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/1000-pound-great-white-spotted-off-new-jersey\/","title":{"rendered":"#1,000 pound great white spotted off New Jersey"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2870243f003\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2870243f003\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/1000-pound-great-white-spotted-off-new-jersey\/#%E2%80%9C1000_pound_great_white_spotted_off_New_Jersey%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;1,000 pound great white spotted off New Jersey&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C1000_pound_great_white_spotted_off_New_Jersey%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;1,000 pound great white spotted off New Jersey&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>More like the Jawsey Shore. <\/p>\n<p>Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water: A giant, 1,000-pound great white shark named Ironbound has been spotted swimming off of the Jersey Shore, near the site of the infamous shark attacks that inspired \u201cJaws.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we tagged him \u2014 he was impressive,\u201d Bob Hueter, chief scientist at Ocearch, the nonprofit marine organization tracking the shark, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/05\/08\/us\/great-white-shark-jersey-shore-scn-trnd\/index.html\">told CNN <\/a>of the jaw-dropping sighting.<\/p>\n<p>According to Hueter\u2019s research team, the 20-year-old shark sported a tracking device that pinged off the coast of New Jersey on April 28 at around 10:30 p.m. He was last spotted May 3 far out in the Atlantic Ocean, due east of Philadelphia, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/great-white-shark-new-jersey\">Live Science reported.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ironbound \u2014 who takes its name from West Ironbound Island, Nova Scotia, where he was first sighted \u2014 reportedly measures a whopping 12-feet long and weighs 998 pounds, per the Osearch site, where you can <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ocearch.org\/tracker\/detail\/ironbound\">track the shark\u2019s progress for yourself. <\/a><\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>While undeniably gargantuan, Ironbound is average-sized by the standards of great whites \u2014 the world\u2019s largest predatory fish \u2014 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/animals\/fish\/facts\/great-white-shark\">which can grow to 20-feet long and weigh more than 5,000 pounds. <\/a>Osearch, meanwhile, has reportedly tagged sharks as long as 17.5 feet and which weigh 4,000 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>First tagged in October 2019 off the coast of Nova Scotia, Ironbound has since <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ed an estimated 13,000 miles up and down the East Coast, CNN reported.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/ironbound-shark-69.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Ironbound\" class=\"wp-image-22205435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/ironbound-shark-69.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/ironbound-shark-69.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/ironbound-shark-69.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>First tagged in October 2019 off the coast of Nova Scotia, Ironbound has since traveled an estimated 13,000 miles up and down the East Coast.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s gone back and forth from where we found him in Nova Scotia and the Florida Keys several times,\u201d said Hueter. <\/p>\n<p>The scientist predicts that the predator is heading for the \u201cvery rich feeding grounds\u201d off of the Northeastern US and Nova Scotia, where he will spend most of his summer and early fall before heading back down to Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Coincidentally, the New Jersey coastline was also the site of the infamous <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/history\/the-shark-attacks-that-were-the-inspiration-for-jaws-15220260\/\">1916 great white attacks<\/a> that inspired the 1975 classic Steven Spielberg movie \u201cJaws.\u201d\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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