Climate change is making sharks 'right-handed': Rising ocean temperatures affect the direction they prefer to swim, study finds
Australian scientists incubated eggs at temperature predicted for 2100
They found half died within a month, and those who survived became 'right handed', preferring to swim to the right
By MARK PRIGG FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 18:44 EDT, 7 December 2018 | UPDATED: 10:58 EDT, 24 March 2020
Warming oceans are changing the way sharks swim - and making them right handed, researchers have found.
Australian scientists incubated eggs in tanks heated to simulate temperature changes at the end of the century.
They found half died within a month, and those who survived became 'right handed', preferring to swim to the right, a process known as lateralization.
Australian scientists found sharks incubated in tanks that simulate temperatures in 2100 became 'right handed', preferring to swim to the right, a process known as lateralization
Australian scientists found sharks incubated in tanks that simulate temperatures in 2100 became 'right handed', preferring to swim to the right, a process known as lateralization
The researchers found the rising temperatures developed the trait far more quickly than they expected.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6473337/Climate-change-making-sharks-right-handed.html
