Great White Shark and travel baller Breton says the water isn't safe in NC

Newsweek

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Great White Shark Much Bigger Than Ironbound Stalking North Carolina Coast

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An enormous great white shark much larger than Ironbound, who made headlines earlier this week, has been lurking off the coast of North Carolina, tracking data shows.

On May 10, tracking data from ocean conservation group OCEARCH showed a 1,000lb great white shark known as Ironbound had been swimming off the coast of North Carolina and New Jersey. News reports said he is one of the biggest great whites living along the eastern coast of the U.S.

However, OCEARCH data also shows a much larger great white, measuring over 13 feet and weighing almost 1,500 pounds is also in the North Carolina area. It is thought males and females congregate in this area in spring to mate.

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OCEARCH data shows that another great white shark was spotted in almost exactly the same location as Ironbound on May 10, just off the Cape Hatteras National Seashore.

This shark, named Breton, was even larger than Ironbound when first tagged and much heavier. According to Ocearch, Breton measured 13 feet and three inches and weighed in at 1,437 pounds. Breton was first tagged in September, 2020, in Nova Scotia.

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These are just the baw sharks. The bawette sharks are the ones you really have to worry about. They're even bigger and meaner.

Seriously, though, it is pretty cool that we can track these amazing creatures, and that we still have so much to learn about them. Breton is definitely making Allstars this year.

ETA: My favorite line from the article:

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Both Breton and Ironbound get around.

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