Maybe he's just here for #springbreak? Hypower, a tagged male mako shark, has traveled over 5,000 miles in 150 days and...
Posted by Nova Southeastern University on Thursday, February 23, 2017
This 6½-foot mako was tagged by Nova scientists in the fall as part of a Guy Harvey Research Institute project to study the patterns of the sharks.
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Hypower had been spending time up north between Rhode Island and areas off the Carolinas, but this week made a beeline toward Florida. Over the weekend, it pinged near Key West.
According to Nova scientists, this is the first time a tagged mako has made a journey straight to Florida. The species of shark can swim up to 60 mph.
Read more at Nova Southeastern University.
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