Meet Donald J. Trump's great white shark Lola

After it was reported in Newsweek that President Donald J. Trump is apparently "terrified of sharks and hopes they all die," a person adopted a great white shark in his name.

"I think it was a jab at President Trump after that article," Marie Levine, the executive director of the Shark Research Institute in Princeton, told the Asbury Park Press.

The shark is named Lola and was estimated to be 13-feet long by researchers who photographed the animal off the coast of Guadalupe Island, Mexico. Trump, however, cannot claim Lola all to himself.

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The Shark Research Institute, which is an advocacy group for the conservation of great white sharks and other marine species, depends on donations to support its work.

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One the group's fundraising measures is to allow people to adopt sharks which were photographed in the wild by the institute's researchers. Lola has been adopted by many.

"A lot of the donations are given as gifts," said Levine.

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