Giant white sharks swim 2370km from the Canadian coast to the United States

The adult male shark was tagged by the OCEARCH organization as Ironbound and tracked from October 3 in Lunenburg, Canada, according to CNN.

It is named after West Ironbound Island, near where the shark was first caught.

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Ironbound sharks were captured and tagged with names earlier this year.(Photo: OCEARCH).

Ironbound is a giant white shark, weighs nearly 453 kg and has a length of nearly 3.7 m. It traveled 2,370 km down the east coast of the United States and was eventually captured at Key Biscayne, near Miami.

OCEARCH says that the organization's seven tagged sharks have been positioned in recent days.

Ironbound is the farthest swimming shark to the south, while another adult male named Shaw swims farthest north, near North Carolina, USA.

OCEARCH, which collects ocean data, tags and collects information from hundreds of sharks, dolphins, seals and other marine animals to study migration behavior and life. of them.

Giant white shark is the largest predatory fish in the world. When captured, they often tear the bait into small pieces and swallow it. Despite being a fearsome predator, the great white shark is under threat and its population is declining, according to the World Wild Fund.