Spring breakers aren’t the only ones making waves along Florida’s Gulf Coast. Bella, a juvenile great white shark stretching 10 feet and tipping the scales at 729 pounds, just showed up off Sarasota.
OCEARCH’s data confirmed Bella pinged twice, once around 3 p.m. Sunday, March 8, and again Monday afternoon, about 50 miles out from shore.
Her appearance here isn’t random. It’s just another leg in a massive 4,200-mile migration, which started last July when researchers tagged her in Nova Scotia. With the warm spring sun tempting revelers and sharks alike, Bella’s seasonal arrival fits right into the migration patterns seen year after year…