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A 3,456-pound female great white named Mary Lee was tracked about 10 miles east of Cape May and Wildwood, New Jersey, this morning, according to the Press of Atlantic City. She has been steadily making her way north after spending her winter off the southern coast of the United States.
Mary Lee was tagged by a research team off the coast of Cape Cod in 2012, according to the Press. The great white shark research nonprofit OCEARCH monitors Mary Lee's progress, as well as that of other sharks they've tagged.
Twitter.com/maryleeshark
OCEARCH shares the data through its Shark Tracker online. Mary Lee also has a Twitter account, where an anonymous shark aficionado tweets her progress along with corny shark jokes.
Maybe we can grab a bite. -:() https://t.co/ADXkmrSP58
- Mary Lee the shark (@MaryLeeShark) April 11, 2015
Be advised: 4,000lbs GWS @MaryLeeShark pings in or near #ChincoteagueBay! http://t.co/9riENFKggO @CaterpillarInc pic.twitter.com/HTNqBWDtpu
- OCEARCH (@OCEARCH) May 5, 2015
16ft+ GWS @MaryLeeShark pings by #Avalon, #NewJersey! http://t.co/9riENFKggO @CaterpillarInc @CostaSunglasses pic.twitter.com/ay2AZl6ibk
- OCEARCH (@OCEARCH) May 7, 2015
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"The current water temperature off of South Jersey is 55 degrees, just at the lower end of the shark's preferred range," the Press of Atlantic City reports.