A massive q7ft great white shark that weighs over 3,500lbs that is also known as the queen of the ocean was caught by a research team from OCEARCH.

On October 2, 2020, a research team of OCEARCH caught the massive shark in the Northwest Atlantic just off Nova Scotia, a province in eastern Canada.

Chris Fischer, who led the entire expedition, said that the shark they caught was over 50 years old.

It was 17ft long and weighed at around 3,541 pounds.

This is the biggest shark the group has ever tagged.

During an interview, Chris said:

She is a very old creature, a proper Queen of the Ocean and a matriarch. She has all the scars, healed wounds and discolouration’s that tell a deep, rich story of her life going back years. You feel different when you’re standing beside a shark of that size compared to the ones in the 2,000-pound range. It’s an emotional, humbling experience that can make you feel small. You feel insignificant standing next to such an ancient animal.

According to a post on social media, researchers from OCEARCH, a nonprofit group, the shark has been named as Nukumi, which is pronounced as noo-goo-mee.

The name was given to honor a legendary wise old grandmother figure that belonged to the Native American Mi’kmaq people, said the group.

Talking about Nukumi, Chris said:

She was full of multiple seals and was round and robust. She had a lot of scratches on her face from seals that were fighting with their claws when she was eating them.

The group collected data from Nukumi for research projects, which rack up the number of 21.

An ultrasound, bacteria samples from her teeth, and fecal samples were also collected by the group to know more about how the shark eats and what diet it has.

Muscle, skin, and blood samples were also taken by the group.

The researchers also tagged the shark with 3 tracking devices.

One will be recording how deep the shark will go and the second one will track her movements for the next 5 years.

The third tag was not revealed.