News tagged with great white sharks
SAfricans begin removing bodies of beached whales
May 31, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Authorities on Sunday began the grim task of removing the carcasses of 55 whales that beached themselves and had to be shot despite the frantic rescue efforts of hundreds of volunteers.
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Great white sharks tagged for first time off Mass.
Sep 06, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Massachusetts officials are using high-tech tags to track the movements of two great white sharks near Cape Cod - the first time the fearsome fish have ever been tagged in the Atlantic Ocean.
3 more great white sharks tagged off Mass. coast
Sep 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A total of five great white sharks have now been electronically tagged off Cape Cod, allowing experts to track their movements and learn more about their migratory habits.
Great white sharks hunt just like Hannibal Lecter
Jun 22, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Great white sharks have some things in common with human serial killers, a new study says: They don't attack at random, but stalk specific victims, lurking out of sight.
Testing the force of a shark's bite
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Jul 31, 2007 |
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Scientists are building a three dimensional computer model to test the ‘bite force’ of the Great White shark using data from a shark caught in beach nets off Australia's NSW Central Coast.
University’s aerial survey finds sharks in Cornwall's waters
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Aug 14, 2007 |
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Recent surveys around Cornwall’s coast have revealed the presence of large numbers of giant basking sharks. Scientists from the University of Exeter’s Cornwall Campus and the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) spotted 18 sharks ...
Tags reveal white sharks have neighborhoods in the north Pacific
Nov 03, 2009 |
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The white shark may be the ultimate loner of the ocean, cruising thousands of miles in a solitary trek, but a team of researchers has discovered that the sharks have maintained such a consistent pattern of ...
Geographic profiling applied to track hunting patterns of white sharks in South Africa
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Predation is one of the most fundamental and fascinating interactions in nature, and sharks are some of the fiercest predators on Earth. However, their hunting pattern is difficult to study because it is rarely ...
Preserved shark fossil adds evidence to great white's origins
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Mar 12, 2009 |
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A new University of Florida study could help resolve a long-standing debate in shark paleontology: From which line of species did the modern great white shark evolve?
Third of open ocean sharks face extinction: study
Jun 25, 2009 |
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A third of the world's open water sharks -- including the great white and hammerhead -- face extinction, according to a major conservation survey released Thursday.
NZ considers protecting great white sharks
Mar 13, 2006 |
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The New Zealand government is reportedly considering joining other nations, including Australia and the United States, in protecting the great white shark.
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