NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- A great white shark made its way into the Long Island Sound Monday for the first time ever, according to the group OCEARCH, which is tracking the 533-pound, 9-foot-8-inch-long creature.
"Be advised! For the first time ever, we are tracking a white shark in the Long Island Sound. 9' 8" @GWSharkCabot is just off the shore near Greenwich," OCEARCH tweeted. Cabot, a reference to the Italian explorer John Cabot, is the shark's name.
A subsequent tweet read, "So cool to be tracking @WhiteSharkCabot in the Long Island Sound since as far as we know, it's unusual for white sharks to visit the area."
A cheeky tweet from the shark's Twitter account, run by OCEARCH, read, "I heard sending a ping from the Long Island Sound had never been done before by a white shark...so naturally I had to visit and send one off."
A subsequent tweet from Cabot cheekily continued, "Hey guys! Anyone know of some fun things to do around here? I'm excited for a new adventure!"
Great white sharks typically live in coastal and offshore waters where the temperature is between 54 and 75 degrees.
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