Where is lydia the shark

Graphic: www. Receive today's headlines directly to your inbox every morning and evening, with our free daily newsletter. Enter email address This field is required Sign Up. Dr Skomal said he was "surprised" at the shark's behaviour, adding: "White sharks may well have been crossing the Atlantic forever, but this is the first time we're actually able to observe it.

There are plenty of shark species in British and Irish waters. In a fisherman caught a lb 21 stone porbeagle shark off the coast of Donegal. But the great white - the ultimate predator at the top of the marine food chain - has never been spotted here.

The nearest official sighting was off La Rochelle in France. Feared as man-eaters, they are only responsible for about attacks a year, which are rarely fatal.

The Ocearch project aims to gather "previously unattainable" data on the movement, biology and health of sharks to protect their future while enhancing public safety and education. Tagging a great white is no mean feat.

The scientists use a custom-built 34,kg 75,lb capacity hydraulic platform to tag sharks. Anti-cyclonic eddies, which spin clockwise, are warmer than the surrounding waters. Cyclonic eddies spin counterclockwise, and are colder. Eddies also gather up and shift the distribution of nutrients and life, such as plankton, which have little control over their own mobility.

And it seems that sharks, or at least this shark, are using eddies to venture into the bountiful deep. A visualization shows the prominent, rotating eddies that regularly occur within the Gulf Stream current.

Lydia dove often, both day and night, though where she dove varied with the environment. In the open ocean, Lydia was three times more likely to descend in warm anti-cyclonic eddies than cold cyclonic ones. Social Sharing. Related Stories Great white shark secrets revealed by tracking 'Lydia's' tweets Great white sharks surprise scientists in Great White North Great white shark tracked to waters off Newfoundland.

External Links Lydia the great white shark's Twitter profile.