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The Pelagic Shark Research Foundation - In the News
Burney Le Boeuf, a University of California at Santa Cruz behavioral ecologist and a leading expert on pinnipeds. "It's stationary, it's open 24 hours a day, and it's full of ... " While great whites appear to hunt independently, tracking data revealed another kind of social behavior: one shark may approach the prey of another but then quickly leave. During his previous research at the Farallon ...
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Largest Ocean Carnivore
Expert Killing Machines The teeth of the great white are perfectly designed for slashing flesh ... such efficient killers: For sensing - specialized sensory organs called ampullae of Lorenzini located in the shark's snout, which can detect electrical currents of as little as .005 millivolts that are ...
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Killer Whale vs. Great White Shark
Around this time, Peter Pyle, a great white shark expert with the Point Reyes Bird Observatory, arrived on the scene. He got within 5 feet of ... made her kill, the victorious orca let her maternal instinct take over. "The female apparently killed the shark, but she didn't eat it -- she was encouraging the calf to feed," Schramm said. Schramm ...
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Adventure Magazine: Summer 1999 @ nationalgeographic.com
A shark-attack victim finds respect for his nemesis. Shark Encounters (video) Watch as a shark expert reenacts the attack that cost him part of an arm, and see the first ever close-up ... ] swim from Miami to Boynton Beach, FloridaOddventures columnist Jim Thornton got some nerve-racking news from shark specialists. Listen in as "Jimbo" loses his cool on Executive Editor Mark Jannot's voice mail. ...
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Reef Relief - Coral Reef Conservation: Science Education News Photos and Information
Dr. George Burgess, a shark expert who maintains the University of Florida's shark attack file - one of the most comprehensive such resources in ... -safety perspective, and numerous attacks have already occurred in association with these operations - mainly to shark handlers but in at least several cases to tourists (ENN 1998). "These sharks now expect ...
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The Pelagic Shark Research Foundation - In the News : Sharks, rays thrive in Elkhorn Slough's muddy waters - By TOM RAGAN - SENTINEL STAFF WRITER - June 19, 2007
SHARK ATTACK Video: Surfer in Critical Condition After Shark Attack Video: Shark Expert Weighs In On Marina Attack Slideshow Expert Says Shark Attacks Rare, Despite Marina Incident Great Whites Known To Live In ... a wildlife park that has a bear attack, but that they are very rare. Despite the shark attack in Marina, state beaches were filled with beachgoers on Tuesday. With Labor Day just around ...
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The Pelagic Shark Research Foundation - In the News
The Pelagic Shark Research Foundation - In the News March 12, 2004 Coast Lines santa cruz Shark research expert awarded fellowship Sean R. Van Sommeran, executive director of the Santa Cruz-based Pelagic Shark Research Foundation, has been awarded a fellowship with the Conservation Science Institute in recognition for his efforts and accomplishments in the field of marine conservation and ...
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The Pelagic Shark Research Foundation - In the Papers
Mar. 12, 2004 Santa Cruz Sentinel 'Coast Lines' Shark research expert awarded fellowship Feb. 26, 2004 Santa Cruz Sentinel 'Letters to the Editor' Sean writes ... whale cultures. Miscellaneous Feb. 18, 2008 Stanford University 'Unveiling the underwater ways of the white shark' Nov. 9, 2007 Myrtle Beach Online 'Defending the Sharks' CCU graduate student works on new ...
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Olympic swimsuit mimics shark skin - Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum. Fish expert Ollie Crimmen led this research into shark skin at the Museum and he is talking at a free Nature Live ... even further - they also carried out tests with NASA on the drag properties of different materials. Shark swimmers Streamlined bodies, powerful muscles and the secret weapon in their skin make sharks highly ...
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Rare British shark fossil joins collection - Natural History Museum
What is RSS? Contact and enquiries Corporate information Jobs Visitor research Website help Rare British shark fossil joins collection 30 July 2008 Fossil showing the whole body of an ancient British shark ... in length and looks most like a modern bullhead shark. 'To find a British shark so well preserved is very rare,' says Alison Longbottom, fossil expert at the Museum. 'We only have 3 other ...
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