‘She’s a monster’: huge white shark caught by Canadian researchers

Scientists have captured a huge ancient great white shark over 5.2 meters long and weighing over 1600 kg.

Ocearch researchers working in waters off the coast of Nova Scotia in Canada captured the white shark on Saturday and named it Nukumi.

The organization said on Twitter that the shark was a “former mature female white shark or ‘Queen of the Ocean'”.

“We call her ‘Nukumi’, which is pronounced noo-goo-mee, for the legendary and wise figure of the grandmother of the Mi’kmaq Native American people,” Ocearch wrote on Facebook.

Nukumi was one of eight great white sharks tagged and released during Ocearch’s expedition to Nova Scotia. At 5.24 m and 1606 kg, it was the largest shark ever caught, according to a CNN report.

“With the new data we have collected, this matriarch will share her wisdom with us for years to come,” said Ocearch.

“It will continue to help balance fish populations in surrounding waters, and we look forward to learning more from this wise guardian of our ocean’s ecosystem.”

The group also shared a video of the great white being tagged, before swimming away from a submersible platform.

The group’s posts went viral online, and fans of the sharks marveled at their size and age.

“She is a monster, I can’t wait to see where her travels take her,” wrote one woman.

“Wow, growing up and swimming off the coast of Cape Breton, I could never have imagined that these great white sharks got this far,” said another.

“It’s amazing to see where they are being tagged and tracked.”