Huge great white spotted traveling up US and Canada as shark sightings surge

Per The Guardian, Contender is the largest tagged male great white shark in the Atlantic and has been traveling north along the US and Canadian coasts. The nearly fourteen-foot shark weighs more than sixteen hundred pounds and was most recently tracked off Nova Scotia in mid-July. The sighting reflects a broader trend: shark sightings are surging as warming oceans prompt several shark species to shift their ranges.

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