Source.
This is just amazing!
Source here - and a big H/T to Daniel of Shark Business for finding it!
Enjoy!
PS - and here's the long version - that's one helluva persistent bird lemme tell 'ya!
Cormorant vs Remoras!
Source.
This is just amazing!
Source here - and a big H/T to Daniel of Shark Business for finding it!
Enjoy!
PS - and here's the long version - that's one helluva persistent bird lemme tell 'ya!
In the Lion's Den!
Yes it is true.
Here she is in all her splendor.
She glided in nonchalantly in the middle of the shallow feed, and took up residence right next to the bait crate until some lumbering brute with a camera had her move away again.
Talk about a contender for the Darwin Awards!
Click for detail!
Herwarth and Vreni - simply epic!
Source.
Remember this post - sure you do! :)
Well here they are in all their glory.
This was just the beginning as the gals were then coerced to mouth feed whilst topless - and of course the whole thing then ended in tears. And yes talk about Déjà vu huh = nihil novum, especially not the bikini bimbettes!
Huge H/T to the Saffron Pimpernel for having unearthed this gem!
GHH in Beqa Lagoon!
This is a biggie from Ovalau - source!
Behold!
Yes they are definitely here!
This one is from Project Abroad's BRUV research - and for the moment, the specific location will need to remain a secret lest some eager Shark killer be tempted to go catch himself a set of valuable fins. But it is excellent GHH habitat and we will certainly start looking a bit more closely as this is not the
A Global Perspective on the Trophic Geography of Sharks - Paper!
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Awesome!
Read this.
Yes that's a whole lot of authors, among which some people I like a lot = for once cooperation has been absolutely stellar and one has to congratulate Chris for having been able to pull this off, and for having laid the foundations for a global collective of researchers investigating Sharks by means of stable isotope analysis.
Press release here,
What Rebecca said!
Still one of the very best feeding pics from the SRMR!
You really must read this.
Bravo Re - this is exhaustive, balanced, insightful and truthful.
Could not have said it better myself - and you are so much more objective, and also charming (!) than I will ever be - to wit you did not use the f word even one single time! :)
Kudos!
Investigatory Bite?
And I cite,
It [the shark] opened its massive mouth and as it's closed its mouth it kind of ripped down as it went to swim away," she said. "There was one metre [missing] off Callum's body.
I was horrified, then I realised it was just the fin. We're just lucky that it was an investigatory bite and didn't involve any missing limbs. Once we got back on the boat I was pretty upset and a
Breaching OWTs - Paper!
GSD member Epic Diving - best operator to dive with OWTs. Source.
Very nice!
Read this!
It is obviously not only about breaching OWTs, but the breach it describes is totally spectacular - story here.
Yannis and Yuuki are quickly establishing themselves as the gurus of small multi-use electronic packages that can be temporarily affixed to the Sharks in varying configurations, and are
GWS and Diver!
Watch.
Scary scary shit - and probably legit!
This is apparently South Africa where Death by GWS is most definitely a reality!
Enjoy!
Inverted Trophic Pyramids - Paper!
Watch.
And now, read this = very interesting!
And with all that evidence, it appears pretty conclusive that those infamous counter-intuitive inverted trophic pyramids do indeed exist.
And the examples at top?
Still not at all convinced, see this post - and I cite from the paper,
However, instances in which energy is exogenously sourced to create top-heaviness (e.g. from another
Okinawa - bigass GWS!
Behold!
That's one big beautiful Shark - and some seriously krazy kamikaze divers!
This is the last population of GWS everybody knows about but nobody can properly study as there are no known hotspots like mating or feeding aggregations, or nurseries, and the sightings are rare and extremely widely spread geographically.
Story here - enjoy!
Ministry of Fisheries - awesome!
White Teatfish - remember? Source.
Love it!
Fiji's Ministry of Fisheries is showing some teeth - finally!
First they did effectively shut down the illegal trade in bêche-de-mer that has been driving the widespread poaching, and maiming and killing numerous young Fijians. And now they have banned the harvesting and trade in live rock and live coral that has equally been a scourge to our