Great White Shark With Twitter Handle Tracked Along East Coast Toward New York
— -- A great white shark spotted off the Atlantic coast and headed toward New York has become a celebrity in its own right, with her own Twitter handle to boot.
The research organization OCEARCH allows fans to track the all of the great white sharks it has tagged through its website and app, but at least one shark named Mary Lee, who weighs about 3,456 pounds with a length of 16-feet, has its own Twitter handle: @MaryLeeShark.
Another 14-foot-long shark tracked off the Florida coastline has its own Twitter handle: @Shark_Katharine. The accounts aren't affiliated with OCEARCH.
Mary Lee swam has swam as close as 10 miles near the New Jersey coastline and as far north as the city of Brigantine this morning.
The sharks send a signal every time its dorsal fin surfaces above the water.
Mary Lee was tagged in 2012 in Cape Cod.
