Largest shark ever tagged by research group swimming off the Florida coast

nypost.com ^ | Feb. 7, 2025 | Andrew Wufeck

[V_TWIN]

The key word is “tagged”.....caught is another discussion all together.

[Savage Beast]

At least a fast swimmer.

[caddie]

Yes I think this is a good idea. Tag these sharks, and take care of them, off the coast of Florida. Then just WATCH them and DO NOTHING when they get hungry and want a snack in St. Pete Beach. I would just follow them and fly over them and maintain radio tracking on them and just watch and keep careful data and record it.

I think it is a great plan.

[suasponte137]

Thats the first thing I though of.....

The dude from Jaws said exactly what you quoted....and how much bigger that was then this.

BUT....not in the headline but in the article, is that it is a MALE shark...which are significanlty smaller I guess then female.

Turns out the female “Deep blue” is over 20 feet....so she could feasibly reach what the good captain was describing in “Jaws”

[SunkenCiv]

• DNA testing reveals killers of massive great white shark found mangled on beach [02/02/2025]

[Rinnwald]

1,652.8 pounds.

I'd like to know how they weighed it.

It was obviously estimated at 750 kilograms. People think they can include uncalled for accuracy when units get converted.

[Equine1952]

The “Great” isn’t really the normal term. Generally just the white shark term is used by scientists. According to what I’ve read. It’s like adding “Great “ to the smoky bear or the Easter bunny. You know the great smoky bear or the great Easter bunny. I think there’s even conjecture over when and who coined the term great white shark. Just some useless info for ya. .

[HereInTheHeartland]

Why is a research group swimming off Florida tagging a large shark ?
Didn’t they have a boat?

[caww]

The largest 'male' white shark ever caught, tagged and released was found off the Florida coast in January.