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Great White Shark is Coming Straight for Texas
Katherine, a 2,300-pound great white shark tagged last August off of Cape Cod, is headed straight for Texas. Right now, she's about 100 miles from the Florida panhandle. In another week, she could be past the Mississippi. Then, Texas.
http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2014/06/holy_crap_a_great_white_shark_is_coming_straight_for_texas.php
She has her own twitter following...
Katharine The Shark
https://twitter.com/shark_katharine
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Gulf great white sharks, Katherine and Betsy, are heading for Texas
Scientists tracking a great white shark as she traverses the Gulf of Mexico got the latest signal back from her tag Sunday and she is heading for Texas.
A satellite picked up a "ping" from Katherine, a more than two thousand pound great white shark about 100 miles south west of the Florida coast. In another week she could be past the Mississippi river, a week after that she could be right here, off the coast of the Lone Star State, researchers said.
Katherine is one of two great whites that research teams, led by Ocearch, have been following as they trek across our waters. Another, Betsy, was tracked on June 5 about 120 miles west of Sanibel Island, Fl.
Both giants were tagged last August off Cape Cod. Scientists say their epic journey down the coast and into the Gulf is giving researchers unprecedented insight into white shark behavior.
"Every track is giving us new information and going contrary to all the assumptions that we were going on," said Dr. Robert Hueter, Director of the center for shark research at Mote Marine Laboratory, "Having them in the Gulf is something we thought happened in the winter time."
http://www.chron.com/hunting-fishing/article/Two-great-white-sharks-tracked-in-the-Gulf-5555868.php
Scientists tracking a great white shark as she traverses the Gulf of Mexico got the latest signal back from her tag Sunday and she is heading for Texas.
A satellite picked up a "ping" from Katherine, a more than two thousand pound great white shark about 100 miles south west of the Florida coast. In another week she could be past the Mississippi river, a week after that she could be right here, off the coast of the Lone Star State, researchers said.
Katherine is one of two great whites that research teams, led by Ocearch, have been following as they trek across our waters. Another, Betsy, was tracked on June 5 about 120 miles west of Sanibel Island, Fl.
Both giants were tagged last August off Cape Cod. Scientists say their epic journey down the coast and into the Gulf is giving researchers unprecedented insight into white shark behavior.
"Every track is giving us new information and going contrary to all the assumptions that we were going on," said Dr. Robert Hueter, Director of the center for shark research at Mote Marine Laboratory, "Having them in the Gulf is something we thought happened in the winter time."
http://www.chron.com/hunting-fishing/article/Two-great-white-sharks-tracked-in-the-Gulf-5555868.php
