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Hundreds of 30-foot sharks swimming in massive swarms baffle scientists
« on: April 19, 2018, 04:44:55 pm »

Hundreds of 30-foot sharks swimming in massive swarms baffle scientists

Published April 17, 2018
FoxNews.com

Massive swarms of over 1,000 basking sharks spotted off the northeastern U.S. are puzzling scientists.

National Geographic reports that the shark swarms were noticed during aerial surveys to locate endangered North Atlantic Right Whales. Typically solitary creatures, the throngs of basking sharks have surprised experts.



http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/04/17/huge-shark-swarms-surprise-scientists.html
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Re: Hundreds of 30-foot sharks swimming in massive swarms baffle scientists
« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2018, 05:07:28 pm »


Terrifying...

oh wait...

basking sharks

Basking sharks may look ominous, but their open mouth serves to filter zooplankton and other small creatures through their gill rakers.

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/04/animals-sharks-swarms-oceans/

Never mind....

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Re: Hundreds of 30-foot sharks swimming in massive swarms baffle scientists
« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2018, 05:10:22 pm »
Its mating season.

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