We’ve written about the cookiecutter shark before, that has a network of light producing organs called photophores on its stomach, that produce a green glow, […]
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30
Apr
2014
It’s a Glow-in-the-Dark-Shark!!!
23
Apr
2014
Sharks feel it coming!
Sharks are living in a changing ocean… Understanding how sharks sense and interact with their environment is vital for sustaining populations of these marine predators, […]
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12
Apr
2014
Follow the…. FOOD!
Basking sharks are filter feeders, they have no teeth and feed on microscopic plankton by opening wide their huge mouths. Satellite imagery of microscopic life in […]
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07
Apr
2014
Saving sharks? Save their nursing grounds!
Last year December, a study presented research results, that proved that female nurse sharks return ‘home’ to give birth. Scientists tracked lemon sharks, a highly […]
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31
Mar
2014
The cookiecutter shark – a real cookie monster
The cookiecutter shark (Isistius brasiliensis) is named after the cookie-shaped wounds it leaves on its prey. It has lips that resemble suction cups and 25-31 large […]
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23
Mar
2014
Great hammer in great danger!
Sphyrna mokarran is the largest of all hammerhead species of the family of Sphyrnidae, attaining a maximum length of 6.1 m (20 ft). It inhabits is tropical […]
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16
Mar
2014
Eqalussuaq… is Innuit for Greenland shark
In the family of Somniosidae, sleeper sharks, the Greenland shark stands out as a bit of a bad ass. It lives farther north than any […]
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11
Mar
2014
Are sharks socializing?
Many shark species live in groups, like grey reef sharks that aggregate in groups of females, and scalloped hammerheads (Sphyrna lewini) that swim in schools. […]
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04
Mar
2014
A Great Lookalike!
Some time ago, we made a classic mistake, and published a picture of a ‘beached great white’. Thanks to our Facebook follower Melissa Michaelson, we […]
More / MeerThere has been a lot of publicity about shark culling in West Australia, Isle de la Réunion and Seychelles. And rightfully so. But the populations […]
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