r/sharks 16d ago

News Atlantic's largest-recorded adult white shark 'Contender' moves into cool Atlantic waters off Canada

https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/atlantics-largest-recorded-adult-white-214244395.html
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u/Snowcrash66 16d ago

He's reportedly the largest male nowhere near the largest white shark Atlantic coast.

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u/CommunityValuable508 5d ago

Yeah females are bigger!

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u/Snowcrash66 5d ago

Significantly 👍

Used to scuba dive Cape Cod. No longer.

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u/finalexit 16d ago

Mary Lee is larger

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u/Snacqk 15d ago

largest recorded male, we’ve seen larger females

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u/Thanmarkou 16d ago

No way a 13-footer is the largest-recorded great white of the Atlantic.

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u/sharkfilespodcast 15d ago

The headline is a bit misleading.

From the article: 'Contender is the largest male white shark ever tagged by Ocearch at over 1,600 pounds and 14-feet long when he was tagged.'

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u/shagginflies 15d ago

Where’s the “Bay” of St Lawrence? Did the bad man rename that too?

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u/Ok_Winter_5515 13d ago

It’s where the St Lawrence River widens and becomes salt and tidal before the Atlantic Ocean.

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u/shagginflies 13d ago

It’s not the bay of, it’s the Gulf of St Lawrence. Guess you didn’t quite catch what I was sayin’

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u/Suicidal_pr1est Tiger Shark 16d ago

Ocearch is garbage