JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Hilton, a 1,326-pound white shark tracked by OCEARCH, has been hanging out off Florida’s east coast for over a month now. He has been pinging near Jacksonville Beach since the first of the year.
Hilton is a 12.5-foot adult shark and has traveled 18,129 miles in the past three months, according to the OCEARCH website.
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A Twitter account, made by OCEARCH to track Hilton, posted that the shark rang in the new year in Duval.
Gonna get 2019 started right in Jacksonville, Florida!
— HiltonTheShark (@HiltonTheShark) December 31, 2018
What are you all up to? pic.twitter.com/txiSmjznmO
OCEARCH has a twitter profile for each shark it tags and tweets their locations.
Holy mackerel....literally! Just snagged a huge one here off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida. pic.twitter.com/q2VnSQFgix
— HiltonTheShark (@HiltonTheShark) January 2, 2019
Viper and Bailey also pinged nearby.
OCEARCH has a new tagging expedition planned in February off the Atlantic coast, from Myrtle Beach to Jacksonville, Florida, Fox Carolina reports.
See where Hilton is now by clicking here.
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