When a shark comes roughly within .6 mile to shore a transmitter triggers an alert to send a tweet.
Western Australia (WA) scientists have equipped at least 320 sharks with transmitters that update a Twitter feed when the shark nears shore, meaning that technology is one step closer to finally defeating sharks.
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Sharks are one of the most important top-predators in our oceans and there is still a lot we don’t understand, or even know, about this fascinating animal.
Continue reading… “‘Gimme A Hug’ Shark Documentary”
Great white sharks hunt down their prey in the same way as serial killers, scientists have found. Researchers used methods copied from criminology to show that great whites pick their targets in a highly focused fashion.
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Every year, between the months of May and July, many millions of silvery sardines travel north from the cold southern oceans off South Africa’s Cape Point, hugging the shore as they make their way up along the coastlines of the former Transkei (northern Eastern Cape) and KwaZulu-Natal in what is commonly known as the annual Sardine Run.
Continue reading… “Sardine Run – Amazing Underwater Phenomenon”
It is expected that the proposed enormous oceanarium in Moscow will form part of an amusement complex complete with a cinema, hotel, business center, shopping mall and many restaurants. According to news sources, the Eurasian country of Kazakhstan, which is the world’s largest landlocked country, is financing the construction of one of the new oceanarium.
Continue reading… “Europe’s Biggest Oceanarium Will Be Located In Moscow”