JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 A large great white shark has been detected off the coast of Jacksonville Beach. <\/p>\n
Her name is Goodall. She was tagged Sept. 30 off Nova Scotia by a team working with OCEARCH, a shark research group that tracks hundreds of sharks worldwide.<\/p>\n
Goodall was tagged and released in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia (OCEARCH)<\/p>\n
Each shark carries a tag that connects to a satellite system, but they only ping when they come to the surface.<\/p>\n
Goodall \u2018pinged\u2019 Tuesday morning off the coast of Jacksonville Beach. <\/p>\n
Goodall the great white pings off Jacksonville coast December 9 (OCEARCH)<\/p>\n
Goodall is a 13-foot, 2-inch adult female white shark named to honor Dr. Jane Goodall, a global leader in wildlife conservation. <\/p>\n
Great Whites typically arrive in the shelf waters of Florida during the winter after migrating from Canadian and New England nearshore coastal habitats during the summer.<\/p>\n
Another white shark named Contender also pinged Tuesday. He is even bigger than Goodall and swimming much farther off the coast of Northeast Florida.<\/p>\n
Contender the shark (OCEARCH)<\/p>\n