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Great White Shark 'Cabot' Moves South Of CT Coast
Cabot is the first great white shark tracked by researchers in Long Island Sound.
GREENWICH, CT — Cabot, the first great white shark tracked in Long Island Sound, has moved south, to the waters south of Westhampton Beach, Long Island as of Monday night, according to the latest data from the marine life researchers at Ocearch.org.
The latest ping from Cabot's GPS tracking device was recorded at 11:09 p.m. in the Atlantic Ocean.
His movements in the waters off Greenwich and the Connecticut coast during the day on Monday were so heavily monitored by viewers on Ocearch's website that its servers crashed.
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Oops...looks like my little stunt visiting the Long Island Sound overloaded the @OCEARCH tracker!!! My bad The Tracker is running kinda slow since you many of you logged on to check out where I’m at. pic.twitter.com/EuB18qTbs0
— Great White Shark Cabot (@GWSharkCabot) May 20, 2019
Cabot, named after the explorer John Cabot, is a male shark that measures 9 feet, 8 inches long and weighs 533 pounds. He is one of several sea creatures that have been tagged with a tracking device by Ocearch for research purposes.
Patch reached out to Ocearch for comment but did not receive a reply. The group has separate Twitter pages for Cabot and the organization.
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Well guys, my adventures are taking me elsewhere. Maybe I’ll stop in again next year. Thank you to the wonderful people of Greenwich for your hospitality! pic.twitter.com/cXJ7DP4pJ6
— Great White Shark Cabot (@GWSharkCabot) May 21, 2019
Hello everyone, I just wanted to give a big thank you to all of you amazing humans. Today has been a spectacular day for me and @OCEARCH and I couldn’t be more grateful for the support many of you have shown! pic.twitter.com/0C262FRsCI
— Great White Shark Cabot (@GWSharkCabot) May 20, 2019
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