Breton, a great white shark measuring 13 feet long and weighing over 1,400 pounds, was tracked swimming off Pamlico Sound on the Outer Banks of North Carolina by ocean research organization OCEARCH on March 28. The shark arrived in the state at a time when spring breakers are expected to be taking to North Carolina's beaches. Newsweek has contacted the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. Great white sharks pose little danger to humans unless they are provoked, or come into direct contact with them. But Breton is not the only shark in the area.
Simon, a great white shark measuring nearly 9 feet long, was also tracked off the coast of North Carolina on March 26. Simon was also swimming near Pamlico Sound.
Miss Costa, another great white, this one 12 feet long, also pinged near North Carolina, on March 18 although she was farther out to sea.
These sharks belong to a great white shark population that lives along the eastern coast of the U.S. and Canada. The population makes an annual migration, spending summers in northern waters and winters in the south.
Simon, a great white shark measuring nearly 9 feet long, was also tracked off the coast of North Carolina on March 26. Simon was also swimming near Pamlico Sound.
Miss Costa, another great white, this one 12 feet long, also pinged near North Carolina, on March 18 although she was farther out to sea.
These sharks belong to a great white shark population that lives along the eastern coast of the U.S. and Canada. The population makes an annual migration, spending summers in northern waters and winters in the south.
