Pathfinders have spotted a 1,200-pound great white shark off the coast of Florida.

This week, a huge white shark weighing about 1,200 pounds was discovered off the coast of Florida. Named Maple by shark-tracking company OSEARCH, the shark measures 11 feet 7 inches.

A large white was spotted about 43 miles off the coast of St. George’s Island on Monday. OSEARCH wrote about this on Facebook.. Her arrival off the coast coincides with the time that spring break flocks to a sunny state.

Maple has been in the Gulf of Mexico for several weeks but has traveled up and down the East Coast last year after being tagged for the first time in Canada in 2021. OSEARCH tracking data show. The organization first tagged Maple two years ago and continues to monitor her along with dozens of other sharks they have tagged.

It was named after the maple leaf, emblem on the flag of Canada. Maple has a wound on her left side, and researchers believe it was caused by a larger white shark that tried to show its superiority with a non-lethal bite.

Another large white named OSEARCH Tancook has also been spotted near the upstate in the Atlantic. The 715-pound male was spotted Tuesday off the coast of Jacksonville.

CBS News has reached out to OSEARCH for more information and is awaiting a response.

A 12-foot large white was spotted off the coast of Naples last March, according to OSEARCH, after being spotted in the Florida Keys.

Female great whites are larger than males and can grow up to 16 feet in length compared to 13 feet for males. Some large whites, however, can reach up to 20 feet, according to the Smithsonian Institution.

With the increase in travel to the state, spring may not seem like the right time for these sharks to visit Florida, but sharks tend to move inshore during the spring and summer. in accordance with Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC). They reach their peak in Florida between April and October.

“It’s very important for people who visit Florida waters to be aware of their surroundings, understand the relative risks, and be aware of various shark issues such as behavior, biology and fisheries,” said Brent Winner, a scientist at the FWC.

While sharks may be more common near Florida beaches as the weather gets warmer, the FWC claims that humans are actually more of a threat to sharks: fisheries kill about 100 million sharks a year, while sharks are killed every year. less than 10 people.

The FWC claims that people are actually 30 times more likely to be struck by lightning than to be bitten by a shark, and 99% of shark attacks in Florida are not fatal.

Great whites live not only on the east coast of the United States, but also in the Pacific Ocean – from Alaska to California, Hawaii and Mexico. according to NOAA.

Last month, a video of sharks fighting in the ocean, feeding on fish, went viral. Video filmed by Dillon May off the coast of Venice, Louisiana, shows hungry sharks aggressively eating a bait pod near a fishing boat.

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