One of the largest great white sharks ever tagged sent in a "rare ping" for the first time since July, according to experts.
Researchers at OCEARCH, a nonprofit organization that studies sharks, received the location of the massive 13-foot, 9-inch, 1,653-pound great white called Contender on Sept. 29, the first ping since July 18.
In just two months, Contender traveled from off the shore of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, northeast of Anticosta Island, Canada, covering at least 857 miles, John Tyminski, a senior data scientist for the project, stated in a video posted to Instagram. OCEARCH doesn't usually receive tags from that region.
Contender, the largest shark ever tagged by OCEARCH, was originally tagged in January offshore of the Florida-Georgia border.
Tracking Contender: Massive 13-foot great white shark pings off New England coast
