The great white shark known as Katharine could possibly be pregnant, and is now returning to Florida. If confirmed, the giant shark is scheduled to give birth to about 14 pups that can measure around 4.5 feet in length each.

According to the founder of shark tracking group OCEARCH, Chris Fischer, these baby sharks will come out and will be on their own from then on.

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Since 2013, a satellite transmitter has been attached to Katharine's dorsal fin, when she was spotted by a team from OCEARCH in Cape Cod in southern Massachusetts. The latest signal sent back from this transmitter was received from May 29, pinpointing her location near the border of Florida and Georgia. Around 7:01 A.M. local time, the shark is already swimming around Daytona Beach and Palm Coast.

Katharine has been a remarkably interesting specimen to monitor, as Fischer reveals that during the first two years of tracing her routes, researchers say that this vicious marine animal was only about 14 feet and two inches long and weighs 2,300 pounds.

However, last year, the female shark did not return to Cape Cod where marine biology experts believe that she could be breeding since she has grown into a mature adult, and could possibly be pregnant.

Currently, Fischer and team have not yet determined the exact location of Katharine at this time where they are expecting for the shark to return to Cape Cod during the fall, that can indicate a cycle of her migratory route. For mature females, this cycle can continue for about two years.

Katharine's past locations from 2014 reveal that she had migrated from the Florida Keys to the Gulf of Mexico, making her the first known Atlantic great white shark to complete such a route, where she also returned to her breeding ground in Cape Cod earlier this year.

Last year, Katharine did not return to Cape Cod, where her satellite transmitter revealed that the shark stayed near the offshore waters of Nova Scotia in Canada, suggesting that she could be undergoing a gestation period of 18 months.

This year during mid-March, her transmitter sent a new signal from the offshore waters of eastern Norfolk Virginia Beach and by the middle of last month, she was already in South Carolina. The team estimated that this great white shark travelled a total of 28,814 miles in a span of three years.

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