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“We all are in the Bay Area and Central Coast working together on behalf of white shark conservation.”
Barbara Block
“These animals are teaching us... about basic aspects of our own physiology.”
“I like to check on the position of the sharks with my coffee every morning.”
“Sharks are some of the least understood predators on the planet. ... We can go to the moon and plan a trip to Mars, but we're barely starting a mission in the Pacific Ocean.”
“Sharks are declining globally, yet the movements and habitats of most species are unknown.”
“Sharks are declining globally, yet the movements and habitats of most species are unknown,”
“We combined radio uplinking SPOTs that give us accurate positions and data-logging PATs that store information for the duration of the programmed mission, ... By using two types of tags, we're able to accumulate a larger dataset on the sharks' habitat and preferences with a greater accuracy than we've been able to do before.”
“Sharks have home ranges that are at the scale of ocean basins.”
“The shark heart slows down in the cold, just as our own heart would. But what sets it apart is where our heart would simply stop, the salmon shark keeps on ticking.”
“The shark heart slows down in the cold, just as our own heart would, ... But ... where our heart would simply stop, the salmon shark's keeps on ticking.”
