Great White Shark Stalked the Hamptons This Week
The 395-pound creature has been swimming up from Georgia.
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A great white shark was spotted swimming off the coast of the Hamptons this week. The non-profit OCEARCH outfitted the juvenile male with a tracker in December off Jekyll Island, Georgia, and it’s been making its way north since then. On Sunday, the 8-foot-8, 395-pound creature named Jekyll pinged from right off Westhampton Beach, though it was further out in the Atlantic by the following night. “We’re excited to see where he spends his summer & fall,” the organization said.
Hello from Jekyll who pinged in this afternoon offshore of #LongIsland, NY. Jekyll is an 8ft 8in male juvenile #WhiteShark we met last December off Jekyll Island, GA. This is the 1st time we’re able to track his movements N & we’re excited to see where he spends his summer & fall pic.twitter.com/KKi5MKMQar
— OCEARCH (@OCEARCH) June 6, 2023
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