Sharks weighing nearly 1 ton swim more than 1,100 km to avoid mating

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According to the researchers, the shark was pregnant tried to swim offshore to avoid the males seek to mate.
Sharks weighing nearly 1 ton swim more than 1,100 km to avoid mating
The white shark, called Unama’ki, has been equipped with satellite tracking equipment since September 2019

A giant white shark weighing nearly 1 ton, more than 4.6 m long had to swim more than 1,100 km deep into the Atlantic in an attempt to avoid males trying to mate.

It is a white shark named Unama’ki, who is swimming on the beach more than 1,126 km east of Cape Cod in the US state of Massachusetts. Earlier, in September 2019, Unama’ki was equipped with a satellite tracking device from the OCEARCH organization.

It is known that this device will signal when the dorsal fin of the fish protrudes from the water. According to information received by the new signal shows, more than a week ago, Unama’ki shark moved north, though before that, it had linger in the area around the Atlantic.

According to Chris Fischer, president and leader of OCEARCH, one of the reasons Unama’ki almost deliberately swims away is to avoid the mating of males when it’s pregnant.

With the recent signal, the team thinks that Unama’ki is pregnant should be inclined to evade the onslaught of males who want to mate.

“Besides, the female shark can take advantage of the good offshore temperatures during pregnancy, while exploiting abundant food sources. Those are the hypotheses we are making to study, ”said Chris Fischer.

According to the OCERCH team, they believe that the Unama’ki female shark could soon return to the waters off Nova Scotia, Canada, if the data collected about its behavior is accurate.

The team also said that there are currently two large populations of white sharks in the waters and one species tends to congregate near Nova Scotia.

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