Massive, 50-year-old great white shark nicknamed 'Queen of the Ocean'

A 50-year-old, 3,500-pound great white shark spotted off the coast of Nova Scotia is being tracked by research and exploring group Ocearch. The team named her Nukumi, meaning "Queen of the Ocean." Ocearch is hoping their latest trip provides new clues on sharks and unravels some of the mysteries of great white sharks. Jeff Glor speaks to the group's leader, Chris Fischer, about their mission.

[mrp]

Clean up and stop throwing plastic in the ocean, rivers, lakes etc

[MrNick-]

“We want to know where white sharks are giving birth”

Nukumi - “In the ocean”

[Mortthemoose]

50 years old!
Wow... I'm 56. She's nearly as old as me!
I'm glad he mentioned that they are at the top of the food chain, and are vital not only to our ocean species, but to humans too.

[lyndaschnirl]

Its like when aliens abduct people then release

[stevec]

Deep Blue has something to say about this so called queen moniker.

[charlieapples]

She’s a strong, thicc, independent white shark who don’t need no man

[miamimotogroup]

Thrive? It’s easy... stop polluting, take care of the ocean and maybe they will thrive along time.

[cbizkits]

FINALLY!! Something news worthy that's not politically fueled... Keep doing these types of news stories. It's been sooo depressing lately.

[Mosquito]

the only thing that is gonna destroy the fish stock is the over abundant overfishing by commercial fishing.

[KatherineUribe-]

Enormous and elderly grande dame great white shark! I hope she continues on her way, filling the ocean with beautiful babies just like herself!

[MrSteven]

Do a story on China killing off the fish stocks !!! Seriously

[madisongoldsberry]

This process for the shark, is like humans getting abducted by aliens....

[LordCrowGaming]

It doesn't cause them pain as he uses a blowtorch to weld the screws tight.

[juliew]

There is a great, awe-inspiring, quieting beauty about them! Imagine all that this beauty has seen.

[StLProgressive]

This is so amazing. It’s incredible to see the sharks just lying on the platform, like they’re taking a nap or something while you do the work. Love watching their migration patterns on the tracker app, which itself is beyond cool. Awesome work!

[orcinuso]

She’s managed to live in Orcinus orca territory and has made it to 50 years old? She definitely knows how to avoid them

[vdoza]

Sharks are incredibly sensitive to electrical activity and they rely on it for a lot of reasons.

Those trackers are terrible.

[togipoogaming]

Quite the beauty and a warrior as well hope she lives alot more years

[hadoukenhadouken]

Its man's greed that destroys the balance. The white shark is just a pawn compared to billions enabled by corporate comercial fishing.


- Truth

[ve-drfw]

I think y'all are doing a great job and a great service to our whole environment. I met y'all in Savannah. Stay safe and keep up the good work. Thank you