The Northeastern coast of the United States could be headed for another "JAWS" movie encounter!
4 great white sharks showed up in New York and New Jersey waters early, having migrated thousands of miles for food
Story by insider@insider.com (Mark Reeth) • 10h ago
Great white sharks are heading north at the same time beachgoers are hitting the coast. Ken Kiefer 2/Getty Images
Great white sharks are heading north at the same time beachgoers are hitting the coast. Ken Kiefer 2/Getty Images
© Ken Kiefer 2/Getty Images
Every year great white sharks head for feeding grounds in waters near the northern US and Canada.
4 great whites were recently pinged by OCEARCH trackers near New York, New Jersey, and Rhode Island.
One of them is an 8 foot 8 inch male juvenile named Jekyll who weighs just shy of 400 pounds.
Memorial Day is the unofficial start of summer, and every year millions of people travel to the beach for a long weekend of barbecues, fireworks, and fun in the sun.
But that's not the only migration taking place this weekend.
OCEARCH, a non-profit marine research organization, recently noted on its website that four great white sharks have made their way to the coast of New York, New Jersey, and Rhode Island as part of their annual journey to the waters around Cape Cod and Nova Scotia.
OCEARCH has been capturing, tagging, and tracking great white sharks since 2007 in order to study their migratory patterns. Every summer the apex predators embark upon the journey north from their feeding grounds near Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas, seeking the warming waters and prey like grey seals and tuna.
Story by insider@insider.com (Mark Reeth) • 10h ago
Great white sharks are heading north at the same time beachgoers are hitting the coast. Ken Kiefer 2/Getty Images
Great white sharks are heading north at the same time beachgoers are hitting the coast. Ken Kiefer 2/Getty Images
© Ken Kiefer 2/Getty Images
Every year great white sharks head for feeding grounds in waters near the northern US and Canada.
4 great whites were recently pinged by OCEARCH trackers near New York, New Jersey, and Rhode Island.
One of them is an 8 foot 8 inch male juvenile named Jekyll who weighs just shy of 400 pounds.
Memorial Day is the unofficial start of summer, and every year millions of people travel to the beach for a long weekend of barbecues, fireworks, and fun in the sun.
But that's not the only migration taking place this weekend.
OCEARCH, a non-profit marine research organization, recently noted on its website that four great white sharks have made their way to the coast of New York, New Jersey, and Rhode Island as part of their annual journey to the waters around Cape Cod and Nova Scotia.
OCEARCH has been capturing, tagging, and tracking great white sharks since 2007 in order to study their migratory patterns. Every summer the apex predators embark upon the journey north from their feeding grounds near Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas, seeking the warming waters and prey like grey seals and tuna.
