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 Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 9:00 am Post subject: Tracking the Secret Lives of Great White Sharks |
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Greg Skomal clambered onto the hydraulic lift of a modified 126-foot Bering Sea crab fishing boat off of Cape Cod, staring at the object of his life's devotion: 3,500 pounds of writhing, gunmetal gray muscle, shimmering under the ship's spotlights. Skomal and the crew of the M/V?Ocearch covered the shark's face with a towel, stuck a hose in its mouth to irrigate its gills and began attending the great white with the speed of a Formula 1 pit crew. The researchers are part of an effort to track these great predators to learn more about their mysterious lifestyle.
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Source: Wired Top Stories
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