Researchers have tagged four great white sharks off Rhode Island so far this summer and expect to follow their travel patterns for the next decade.

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Lil' Soph and Lil' Billy are a pair of great white shark pups caught in the same net off Rhode Island in early August and returned to the ocean, where they should help researchers learn more about the travels and other habits of their species for the next decade.

The two sharks, one a male and one a female, both just over four feet long, were caught by Capt. Carl Granquist and crew member Bryce Briggs, who quickly measured the pair, attached acoustic transmitters to them and helped the sharks slide back into the water.

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