Researchers find 17-foot-long great white shark off Nova Scotia that weighs nearly 2 tons - News Summed Up

Researchers find 17-foot-long great white shark off Nova Scotia that weighs nearly 2 tons


A research nonprofit has hauled in for study a female great white shark off Nova Scotia that measures more than 17 feet, making her the largest shark the organization has tagged and sampled in the Northwest Atlantic. “You feel this awareness and respect for the animal, its wisdom, what it’s done to provide for us all. A deep level of respect.”SHARK-BASED CORONAVIRUS VACCINES SPARK CONTROVERSY, CONSERVATIONISTS LAUNCH CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT THEIR USEThe shark weighs a staggering 3,541 pounds and is roughly 50 years old. OCEARCH named her Nukumi for “the legendary wise old grandmother figure” of the Indigenous Mi'kmaq people of Canada. GREAT WHITE SHARKS HAVE SURPRISING DIET WHEN THEY'RE YOUNG, RESEARCHERS FINDNukumi was returned to the ocean with tags to monitor her whereabouts.


Source: Fox News October 06, 2020 14:03 UTC



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