Image captures thresher shark birth
A paper published in the Coral Reefs Journal describes how a group from the Thresher Shark Research and Conservation Project witnessed a thresher shark (Alopias pelagicus) about to give birth.
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Thresher sharks stun prey with tail slaps
A paper in the journal PLoS ONE about the hunting strategies of pelagic thresher sharks (Alopias pelagicus) has shown that the animals do use their tales to stun prey. The behavior was investigated at Pescador Island in the Philippines over 5 months in 2010, using a video camera to record the predation. (Image from Shutterstock)