A huge white shark, thought to be the largest of its kind ever seen in the Atlantic, is heading for the east coast of the US, drawing the interest of the scientific community and the public. The male cetacean, named Contender, is about 4.3 meters long and weighs more than 750 kilograms, and is estimated to be about 30 years old.According to nypost.com, Contender was first spotted in January by a research team from OCEARCH, a nonprofit organization that specializes in studying large marine animals. The sighting was made about 73 kilometers off the coast of Florida and Georgia, near Jacksonville. After a month of "silence", as its satellite transmitter only works when its dorsal fin surfaces, the shark reappeared last week off Pamlico Sound in North Carolina.The migratory journey north The Contender appears to have begun its typical seasonal migration to the northernmost coasts of the United States and Canada, a journey that can reach...