While Ironbound isn't the biggest great white shark researchers have encountered, it is still impressive.
The creature is 12-feet, 4-inches long and weighs an estimated 998 pounds, according to OCEARCH, a nonprofit marine research group that provides open-source data about shark migration.
The large fish is likely around 20 years old, according to Bob Hueter, chief scientist at OCEARCH. Although formidable, Ironbound isn't the biggest shark the organization has encountered: Hueter said that OCEARCH has tagged great white sharks as long as 17.5 feet and as heavy as 4,000 pounds.Ironbound has traveled an estimated 13,000 miles since the organization first started tracking his movements.
The migration"is an adaptation, of course, to seasonal temperature fluxes, to where the food is," Hueter said. He said that while scientists aren't completely sure where great white sharks mate, they have theorized that it happens off the coast of the Carolinas during their journeys.
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